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National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report of a woman committing suicide in the Raidurgam area of Hyderabad in Telangana on 27th of November.
The commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Telangana’s Director General of Police calling for a detailed report including the status of the FIR registered in the matter within two weeks.
According to the media report, the 25-year-old victim from Odisha died by committing suicide allegedly to escape sexual harassment by a man and the victim was reportedly brought to the city through middlemen for surrogacy.
Reportedly, the woman had called up her husband over the phone on 26th November, 2024 that she did not want to stay there and would end her life as the man was subjecting her to sexual harassment.