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Minor Ladakhi girl case: NHRC notice to Leh DC, police authorities

Minor Ladakhi girl case: NHRC notice to Leh DC, police authorities
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NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (PTI): The NHRC has issued a notice to the Leh civil administration and its police authorities over charges that a minor Ladakhi girl belonging to a tribal Buddhist community who had gone missing from her home late December, was subsequently “found in Srinagar with a Muslim boy,” according to the proceedings of the case.

Presently, the girl is under the supervision of a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and is suffering from “mental trauma,” the proceedings dated January 2 said.

The complainant is Sagar Bhante, from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, it said.