NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported police inaction in a case of gang rape and demanding of bribe to release her husband from illegal detention in Khurja city, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh

National Human Rights Commission NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported police inaction in a case of gang rape and demanding of bribe to release her husband from illegal detention in Khurja city, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh Reportedly, the SHO of a Police Station in the city also subjected the victim woman to sexual assault The Commission issues a notice to Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks प्रव तथ: 01 DEC 2025 5:06PM by PIB Delhi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that the husband of a gang rape victim was illegally detained at a Police Post. Reportedly, the police personnel allegedly demanded Rs 1.2 lakh bribe and also received a part amount of Rs 50,000 from the victim to release her husband. Allegedly, the victim was also sexually assaulted by the SHO of Khurja Police Station in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh.

The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights of the victim woman and her husband. Therefore, it has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.

According to the media report, carried on 17th November 2025, the victim woman on the invitation of one of her husband's friends went to Aligarh to see an exhibition in 2024. There she was intoxicated by him and subjected to gang rape for one and a half months in captivity. She was also converted to another religion. The victim somehow managed to escape her perpetrators and approached a Police Post to make a complaint. The police called her husband. Some arguments ensued between him and the police personnel after which he was assaulted and detained.

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