NHRC seeks report on woman tied to tree incident

Tirupati: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports about a woman being tied up to a tree and beaten up in public view by a moneylender after her husband failed to repay his loan at Narayanapuram village in Kuppam mandal of Chittoor district.

The commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, raise serious issues of violation of human rights. It has issued notices to the chief secretary and the director general of police, Andhra Pradesh, calling for a detailed report in the matter within two weeks.

According to the media report, carried on June 17, the husband of the victim had taken a loan of 80,000 from a local moneylender about three years back but failed to repay the same. He had taken loans from the other villagers as well. As he was unable to repay the loans, he left the village and since then, his wife has been taking care of herself and her three children by working as a daily wage worker. She has also been repaying the loans to the people in installments.