New Delhi, March 7 -- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday said it has taken suo motu cognisance of the reports alleging ostracisation of 30 people of eight families by a village chief over a land dispute in Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu, and issued a notice to its district collector.
These families were "barred from accessing" local stores, other facilities, and communicating with other residents, NHRC said in a statement, quoting reports.
The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report that a village chief ostracised all the members of a family when they initiated a legal battle against a man over land encroachment in Sambavarvadakarai town in Tenkasi district, Tamil Nadu", it said.
Seven other families were also alleg...