Date: 2025-08-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported burning of a girl student by the cook for asking for food at a residential school in the Shakurabad area of Jehanabad district, Bihar
**Summary:**
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken *suo motu* cognizance of a media report concerning an incident at Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in Shakurabad, Jehanabad district, Bihar. The report alleges that a girl student was burned with a hot spatula by the school cook for requesting food, resulting in burn injuries. Considering the potential violation of the victim's human rights, the NHRC has issued notices to the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police, Jehanabad, Bihar, requesting a detailed report within two weeks. The report should include the health status of the injured student. The media report, dated August 5, 2025, also indicates that the cook had been previously accused of a similar incident and transferred due to a prior complaint. This information was released by PIB Delhi on August 8, 2025.
Key Entities Referenced
National Human Rights Commission: A national human rights organization in India that took suo motu cognizance of the incident.
Jehanabad district, Bihar: The district and state in India where the incident occurred at a residential school.
District Magistrate, Jehanabad, Bihar: The administrative head of Jehanabad district to whom a notice was issued.
Superintendent of Police, Jehanabad, Bihar: The police chief of Jehanabad district to whom a notice was issued.
Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School: The specific residential school in Shakurabad, Jehanabad district, Bihar, where the incident took place.
Shakurabad: The area in Jehanabad district, Bihar where the residential school is located.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - the agency that posted the information.
National Human Rights Commission
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the
reported burning of a girl student by the cook for
asking for food at a residential school in the
Shakurabad area of Jehanabad district, Bihar
Issues notices to the District Magistrate and the
Superintendent of Police, Jehanabad, Bihar
The report to include the health status of the student
Posted On: 08 AUG 2025 5:57PM by PIB Delhi
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report
that a girl student, who asked for food from the cook of her residential school, was burned with a hot spatula,
due to which she suffered burn injuries. Reportedly, the incident happened at Kasturba Gandhi Girls
Residential School in the Shakurabad area of Jehanabad district, Bihar.
The Commission has examined that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of
violation of the human rights of the victim. Therefore, it has issued notices to the District Magistrate
and the Superintendent of Police, Jehanabad, Bihar calling for a detailed report on the matter within
two weeks. The report is expected to include the health status of the injured student.
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According to the media report, carried on 5 August, 2025, the cook was accused of a similar
incident in the past and had previously been transferred to a different department due to a
complaint against her.
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NSK
(Release ID: 2154288)