NHRC issues notice to Tamil Nadu Government on student violence

New Delhi, Nov.14 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Tamil Nadu's Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, seeking reports within four weeks in the alleged incident of beating of a student by more than 20 other students wielding dangerous weapons in the presence of police officials in the Dr. Ambedkar Law College in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on the twelvth of this month.

The notice was issued on a complaint filed by an NGOs, World Human Rights Commission and Rescue Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

The complainant alleged that despite media reporters requesting them to protect the student, the police officials present at the site of the incident failed to respond.

ANI