India, Sept. 8 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the principal secretary of the Madhya Pradesh's health department and Indore's District Magistrate over a complaint alleging that a newborn died and others were injured due to "rat attacks" inside a hospital, officials said on Sunday.

The case, following the complaint related to the alleged incident, was registered by the National Human Rights Commission on September 4, according to its proceedings.

In its notice, the NHRC has directed authorities that the allegations levelled in the complaint be inquired into, and asked to submit an "action taken report within 10 days" for perusal of the Commission.

The complaint, as per the proceedings of the case is, '...