The NHRC has issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government and the state's police chief over the rescue of 15 girls from a shelter home in Tiruvannamalai following complaints of sexual abuse against its incharge, officials said Friday.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has observed that this is not the single incident of its kind which has come to its notice.
The commission said its has "taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that 15 minor girls have been rescued from a shelter home in Tiruvannamalai district following complaints of sexual abuse against the incharge of the home".
"The incharge of the shelter home has been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The rescued girls have been shifted to a government facility and further investigation in the case is underway," the NHRC said.
The commission has observed that the content of the news report, if true, amounts to violation of human rights of the girls.
Accordingly, it has issued
