Overview
- The rights body directed the Chief Secretary to account for police and administrative failures and to consider Rs 2 lakh in compensation.
- The Tamil Nadu DGP was told to trace the injured person and file an explanation within seven days.
- The NHRC ordered immediate searches, medical treatment, post-trauma counselling, and reimbursement of any treatment costs for the victim.
- Officials told the NHRC the victim left the hospital in an injured condition and has not been located since.
- The case stems from a December 27, 2025 assault near Tiruttani station on K. Suraj, 20, from Odisha, with an FIR registered on December 28 after social-media pressure.