राष्ट्रीय (26/09/2014)
NHRC notice to DM and SP, Kanpur Dehat, UP in a case of Panchayat ordering girls not to go to school and colleges to avoid eve-teasing
| The National Human Rights Commission
has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a Panchayat in Kanpur
Dehat ordered around 150 girls in Tyonga Village to stop going to schools and
colleges to save them from harassment.
According to the media report, carried on the 21st September, 2014, the diktat from the Panchayat came on Friday, the 19th September, 2014, after some local goons harassed some girls while they were returning from a coaching institute. When the girls resisted and raised an alarm, the goons not only threatened them with dire consequences but also thrashed a victim’s sibling. Although, the parents had allegedly informed the police about the harassment, but no action was taken. The residents, thereafter, staged a protest in front of the local police station. The Commission has observed that the contents of the press report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victim girl students. Accordingly, notices have been issued to the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police, Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh calling for reports within two weeks. |
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