Overview

• NHRC took suo motu cognisance of media accounts detailing the June 24 gang rape in an empty train compartment at Panipat.
• Notices were sent to the Railway Board chairman and the Haryana DGP requiring incident reports by July 31.
• A special investigation team formed on July 7 is reviewing CCTV footage and collecting forensic evidence.
• The victim remains hospitalized after police found her on Sonepat tracks on June 26 with a severed leg.
• She had been battling depression after her three-year-old son’s death and left home June 24 following a dispute with her husband.