New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a media person was assaulted and grievously injured by a group of some anti-social elements near Lumding Railway Institute in Assam on September 7.

Reportedly, he was rescued by the police and taken to the hospital for treatment, NHRC said in a release.

"The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of human rights violations. Therefore, it has issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Assam, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks," the release said.

According to the media report, carried on a news portal on September 9, the incident hap...