NHRC issues notices to Haryana Police, Railway Ministry on gang rape

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday (July 17, 2025) issued notices to the Haryana government and the Railway Ministry over the recent gang rape of a woman in a stationary train in Panipat city of Haryana.

The perpetrators later pushed her onto the rail tracks, where a train ran over her leg. She is undergoing treatment at a hospital. No arrests have been made so far.

Observing that the matter was a serious violation of human rights, the commission issued notices to the Chairman, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, and the Director-General of Police, Haryana, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks. The report is expected to include the status of the health of the victim and compensation if any, provided to her by the authorities.

According to reports, the woman’s husband filed a complaint with the police on June 26, 2025, stating that his wife was missing since June 24, after they had a quarrel. Based on the complaint, the police launched a search and found her on the railway tracks near Hindu College in Sonepat on the night of June 26.

The victim, in her statement to the police, revealed that she had been battling depression since the death of her three-year-old son nearly a month ago and had left the house after a fight with her husband. She was reportedly sitting at the Panipat railway station when a man approached her and took her inside an empty bogie of a stationary train and raped her. Later, two other men also came there and sexually assaulted her. The accused then took her to Sonepat and threw her on the rail tracks.