Chitrakoot sexual abuse case: NHRC sends notice to Centre, UP DGP

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notice to Centre, UP DGP and UP Chief secretary over India Today's expose about how minor girls were sexually exploited in Chitrakoot. The NHRC said that the report filed by India Today and facts disclosed are extremely serious, if true.

The NHRC further added that it's a gross violations of human rights of the tribal people.

India Today TV's investigation had exposed rampant sexual exploitation of minor girls from poor tribal families in Chitrakoot district, located nearly 700 km away from the national capital.

The investigation showed how during the lockdown, contractors and middlemen operating in Chitrakoot's illegal mines were forcing minor girls to trade-off their bodies for Rs 150-Rs 200.

The district administration and the UP Police have, however, issued statements claiming that none of the minor girls in the region were sexually exploited.