The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu government, over a media report on students of a district being asked to wear coloured ribbons and wrist bands based on their caste. The Commission, taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, observed that the contents of media report in this regard, if true, raises a serious issue of human rights.
Accordingly, it has issued notices to Social Welfare Department, Principal Secretary and Tirunelveli District Collector calling for a factual report within two weeks, it said in a release. The media report said, the district administration while investigating clashes between student groups found that wrist bands were often used to target students on the basis of caste.