Overview

• Fresh notices cover cases in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar and Jaipur, with state officials directed to submit comprehensive reports within two weeks.
• The Commission sought a status report on de-addiction centres in Uttar Pradesh after a 38-year-old man allegedly died following torture at a Meerut facility, with questions raised over unregistered centres in Gautam Budh Nagar.
• In Ghaziabad, police arrested two men identified as Rohit and Vir Singh Bhola who, according to the DCP, admitted to raping a 23-year-old speech-and-hearing-impaired woman later found dead, as NHRC requested investigation and compensation details.
• In Barmer, Rajasthan, NHRC asked for the health status of children reportedly branded with a hot iron rod at a Gurukul hostel, while police arrested teacher Narayan Giri under the Juvenile Justice Act and CrPC provisions.
• Separate notices address an Imam’s alleged sexual abuse of a 7-year-old boy in Roorkee with the accused in POCSO custody, reported corporal punishment of about 18 students in Katihar, and an alleged post-delivery death tied to medical negligence at Jaipur’s SMS Women’s Hospital.