March 25, 2025 4:47 PM

NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of assault on SC student in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report regarding the brutal assault on a Class XI Scheduled Caste student by some upper-caste boys in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu. The incident, which has raised concerns about human rights violations, occurred while the victim was travelling by bus to appear for an exam. According to the report, the perpetrators dragged the student out of the bus and attacked him with a sickle, severing his fingers on his...