**Summary:**
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding the alleged gang rape of a woman in a stationary train compartment in Panipat, Haryana on June 24, 2025. The victim was subsequently found on railway tracks in Sonepat on June 26, 2025, with a train having run over her leg. She is currently receiving hospital treatment.
Based on the media report published on July 8, 2025, the NHRC has issued notices on July 17, 2025, to the Chairman of the Railway Board, the Ministry of Railways, and the Director General of Police, Haryana, requesting a detailed report within two weeks. This report should include the victim's current health status and details regarding any compensation provided by authorities. The NHRC has expressed concern that the reported incident, if true, constitutes a serious violation of human rights. The police investigation is reportedly underway; as of the report date, no arrests have been made.
Key Entities Referenced
National Human Rights Commission: A national human rights organization in India that took cognizance of the incident.
Panipat, Haryana: City in Haryana, India, where the gang rape incident initially occurred on a stationary train.
Railway Board: An entity to which the NHRC issued a notice requesting a detailed report.
Ministry of Railways: An entity to which the NHRC issued a notice requesting a detailed report.
Director General of Police, Haryana: An entity to which the NHRC issued a notice requesting a detailed report.
Sonepat, Haryana: City in Haryana, India, where the victim was found and received treatment.
Hindu College, Sonepat, Haryana: A college near the location where the victim was found on the railway tracks.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi - source of the press release.
National Human Rights Commission
NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the
reported gang rape of a woman in an empty
compartment of a stationary train in Panipat city of
Haryana
Issues notices to the Chairman, Railway Board,
Ministry of Railways and the Director General of
Police, Haryana calling for a detailed report on the
matter within 2 weeks
The report is expected to include the status of the
health of the victim and compensation if any,
provided to her by the authorities
Posted On: 17 JUL 2025 3:53PM by PIB Delhi
The National human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report
that on 24th June, 2025, a woman was allegedly gang-raped in an empty compartment of a stationary train in
Panipat city of Haryana, and later thrown on the rail tracks by the perpetrators, where a train ran over her leg.
She is undergoing treatment at a hospital after police found her on the railway tracks near Hindu College, in
Sonepat on the night of 26th June, 2025.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of
violation of human rights. Therefore, it has issued notices to the Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry
of Railways and the Director General of Police, Haryana calling for a detailed report on the matter
within 2 weeks. The report is expected to include the status of the health of the victim and
compensation if any, provided to her by the authorities.
According to the media report carried on 8th July, 2025, the husband of the woman had filed a
complaint with the police on 26th June, 2025, claiming that his wife was missing since 24th June,
2025, after they had a quarrel. Based on the complaint, the police reportedly launched a search
operation and found her on the railway tracks.
As per the media report, the victim woman in her statement to the police, revealed that she had
been battling depression since the death of her three-year-old son nearly a month ago and had left
the house after a fight with her husband on 24th June, 2025. She was reportedly sitting at the
Panipat railway station when a man approached her and took her inside an empty bogie of a
stationary train where, she was subjected to rape by him. Later, two other men also joined and
sexually assaulted. The accused then took her to Sonepat and threw her on the rail tracks when a
train ran over her leg. The investigation is reportedly underway, and no arrests have been made sofar.
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(Release ID: 2145484)