NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of woman’s suicide in Hyderabad

National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report of a woman committing suicide in the Raidurgam area of Hyderabad in Telangana on 27th of November. The commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Telangana’s Director General of Police calling for a detailed report including the status of the FIR



registered in the matter within two weeks.

According to the media report, the 25-year-old victim from Odisha died by committing suicide allegedly to escape sexual harassment by a man and the victim was reportedly brought to the city through middlemen for surrogacy.