Chhattisgarh police raped, assaulted 16 women in 2015: NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has found that 16 women were prima facie victims of rape and sexual abuse by Chhattisgarh Police personnel in Bijapur district in October 2015. It held the state government liable for this gross violation of the victims' human rights. NHRC has sent a notice to the government for providing monetary relief to the victims.