NHRC seeks report on death of gang rape victim in UP’s Ghaziabad

The Ghaziabad police said the woman was found dead at her home on August 21, three days after she was allegedly gangraped.

By: Express News Service

Ghaziabad | August 28, 2025 09:53 AM IST

In its statement, NHRC stated that if the reported media coverage of the incident were true, it would raise serious concerns about human rights violations.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday took suo motu cognisance, and sought a detailed report from the Uttar Pradesh Police and Ghaziabad district magistrate over the alleged suicide of a 23-year-old hearing and speech-impaired Dalit woman who was gangraped last week.

The Commission stated in its statement that the report should be submitted within two weeks, and should include the status of the investigation and compensation, if any, granted to the victim’s family.

“The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India, has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a speech and hearing impaired gang rape victim was found dead at her house in Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, on 21st August, 2025. Reportedly, she was subjected to gang rape by two men in the Loni area of the district on 18th August, 2025,” read the statement.

In its statement, NHRC stated that if the reported media coverage of the incident were true, it would raise serious concerns about human rights violations. “Therefore, it has issued notices to the Director General of Police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, and the District Magistrate, Ghaziabad, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks,” read the statement.

The woman was found dead in the early hours of August 21 at her home, three days after she was gangraped. She was undergoing treatment at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in Delhi.

After registering a First Information Report (FIR), the Ghaziabad police arrested two men the same day she was found dead. They were nabbed following a shootout, after the police traced them using CCTV footage, and were identified as Rohit, 31, and Vir Singh Bhola, 53.

On Wednesday, Surendra Nath Tiwari, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ghaziabad (Rural), told The Indian Express that the two men have been sent to judicial custody. “They admitted to raping her, and said they were under the influence of alcohol,” Tiwari said.

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Tiwari said the men belonged to the same village, and knew each other. “When they saw the victim last Monday evening, they called her. She didn’t respond. They felt that the girl could neither speak nor hear, and then took her nearly 250 metres away to a secluded area and raped her at a tube well,” he added.

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