NHRC issues notice to SSP Jhansi over gangrape of constable

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh over allegations of gangrape of a woman constable by her colleagues.
Taking suo motu cognizance of a media report that a woman constable was gangraped by her male colleagues in Maoranipur of Jhansi district, the Commission has issued notice to SSP Jhansi seeking a report within two weeks.
"The Commission has observed that the contents of the report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim," an NHRC statement said.
According to a media report published on the October 6 and forwarded by a human rights activist to the Commission, the woman constable, a resident of Mainpuri, was posted at Etawah Police Line.

The statement said the victim had come to Maoranipur for duty at a fair at Jal Vihar for 15 days. After the fair, when she was returning on September 28, she was enticed by two constable colleagues and taken in a car driven by another person where she was allegedly gangraped by them. She was later admitted in a critical condition at district hospital in Etawah.