The National Human Rights Commission India (NHRC) on Tuesday has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that a 23-year-old woman and her nine months baby were electrocuted when they stepped on a live electricity wire lying unattended on the footpath near Hope Farm in the Kadugodi area in Bengaluru on 19th November.
NHRC in its press statment said that the Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights, which is a matter of concern.
The reported incident, apparently, indicates the negligence of the electricity department of Bengaluru. Accordingly, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Karnataka calling for a detailed report in the matter within six weeks, it added
The Commission further stated that the report should include the status of the FIR, action taken against the officials responsible for the lapses and compensation if any, granted to the Next of the Kin of the deceased.
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