NHRC notice to Telangana State over Inter results

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the State government over the reported goof-up in the intermediate exam results which allegedly led 18 students to commit suicide since March this year.

The commission said it had taken cognisance on its own over media reports that 18 students, who had failed in the examinations conducted by the Board of Intermediate Education, have allegedly committed suicide amid massive protests in the State. "The commission has issued a notice to State Chief Secretary calling for a detailed report in the



matter within four weeks, including action taken against the guilty and relief, if any, provided to the aggrieved families," the commission said in a press release.

It said that about three lakh students have reportedly failed in the exams and they, along with parents, are staging protests there.

"It has observed that the contents of the news reports, if true, raise the issues of serious lapse on the part of the authorities amounting to violation of human rights," according to the release.