What happened (NHRC took suo motu cognizance)
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognizance (NHRC initiates proceedings on its own without a complaint being filed) of an allegation involving a 16-year-old girl in the Greater Noida area.
The allegation states that a bus driver and a bus conductor subjected the girl to gang rape (involving multiple perpetrators). The alleged incident date is 4 August 2026.
The allegation further states that the perpetrators extended life threats and left the girl at Kashmere Gate Bus Terminal in Delhi.
Travel sequence linked to the allegation
The allegation describes the girl leaving Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh to visit her cousin in Sector 63.
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