Rohtak, March 10 -- After outrage over an NGO head with an alleged controversial past getting felicitated at a women's day function, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday ordered a probe into the Jind administration's "failure" to verify her background.

"The CM has ordered an inquiry into the matter and strict action would be taken against officials responsible for the oversight," Saini's media coordinator Ashok Chhabra said.

Rekha Rani Dhiman, a local women's rights activist with a 'controversial past', received the Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award on International Women's Day and a cash prize of Rs.1.50 lakh from Saini.

Officials claimed Dhiman was recognised for rescuing and rehabilitating victims of prostitution throu...