National Human Rights Commission: On 08-08-2025, the National Human Rights Commission (‘NHRC’) took suo motu cognizance of a media report concerning a girl student who was reportedly suffered injuries after being burned with a hot spatula by a cook at Kasturba Gandhi Girls Residential School in the Shakurabad area of Jehanabad, Bihar. The incident occurred after the student asked the cook for food. According to the media report, the same cook had been accused of a similar incident in the past and transferred to a different department due to a complaint against her.
The NHRC observed that if the contents of the report are true, raise a serious issue of human rights violation. Consequently, it issued notices to the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police, Jehanabad, calling for a detailed report within 2 weeks.
The report is expected to include the health status of the injured student.
