NHRC issues notice to Telangana govt over reported suicide of girl student at her college

The National Human Rights Commission sought a detailed report from the Telangana government in four weeks over reported suicide of an engineering student. The Commission also issued notices to Telangana's Chief Secretary and Director General of Police.

New Delhi:The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Telangana government over reported suicide of an engineering girl student at her college in RangaReddy district.

The Commission has sought a detailed report in the matter within four weeks and it should also include the outcome of the police investigation and inquiry conducted by the college administration, the action taken against the persons found responsible for the incident, and steps taken or proposed to be taken to ensure that such painful incidents do not recur, the NHRC said in a communique.

The Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that an engineering girl student allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of her college in Telangana's RangaReddy district on January 5. Reportedly, the victim had joined the college just three months ago and was commuting daily by the college bus from her residence in Kukatpally, on the outskirts of Hyderabad.

The Commission observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights which is a matter of concern and following that issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police. The Commission has asked a detailed report in the matter within four weeks.

According to the media report, carried on January 6, the eyewitnesses claimed that the victim took the extreme step even as her fellow students screamed at her to stop. She was rushed to a private hospital by the students and college management, where the doctors pronounced her "brought dead".