Date: 2025-12-01Category: Press ReleaseState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
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
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognizance of reported police inaction in a case of gang rape and demanding a bribe for the release of the husband from illegal detention in Khurja city, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly, the SHO of a Police Station subjected the victim to sexual assault. The Commission 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 November 17, 2025, the victim was invited to Aligarh to see an exhibition in 2024, where she was intoxicated and gang-raped for one and a half months, and converted to another religion. She escaped and reported the incident to a police post. The police then called the husband who was assaulted and detained.
This release ID is 2197038 and the visitor panel is 313. The entry date of this release is December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM by PIB Delhi. This document is available in Urdu and Hindi.
Key Entities Referenced
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): India's human rights body taking cognizance of a reported case.
Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh: Addressee of the notice for a detailed report regarding the case.
Uttar Pradesh: State where the alleged incidents occurred.
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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