India, July 11 -- Following the controversy over an 'underwear parade' during a cultural event at Goa University, the State Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the vice-chancellor over the incident.

The rights commission on Thursday issued a notice to Vice-Chancellor Harilal B Menon, asking him to appear before it and submit a response by July 23, news agency PTI reported.

The university has landed in a soup over an alleged incident in which male students were paraded in their underwear during a cultural festival at the institution earlier this year.

A university official said that the incident occurred during an inter-department festival called "Frolic" in February.

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