India, June 2 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that on 1st June, 2025, a nine-year-old girl victim of rape and brutal physical assault died at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Bihar amid allegations that she was left waiting in an ambulance for several hours before getting a bed to start her treatment. She was victimized in Muzaffarpur district of the state on 26th May, 2025 and was brought to the hospital in a critical condition on 30th May, 2025.
The Commission has examined that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights. Therefore, it has issued n...