NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a minor victim of rape and brutal physical assault due to alleged delayed treatment at PMCH, Bihar

NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a minor victim of rape and brutal physical assault due to alleged delayed treatment at PMCH, Bihar

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that on 1st June, 2025, a nine-year-old girl victim of rape and brutal physical assault died at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Bihar amid allegations that she was left waiting in an ambulance for several hours before getting a bed to start her treatment. She was victimized in Muzaffarpur district of the state on 26th May, 2025 and was brought to the hospital in a critical condition on 30th May, 2025.

The Commission has examined that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights. Therefore, it has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Bihar, calling for a detailed report in the matter within two weeks.

According to the media report, carried on 1st June, 2025, the same perpetrator had earlier committed the same offence with another 12 year-old-girl and had attempted to kill her.