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The National Commission for Women (NCW) connected Monday (May 18, 2026) took suo motu cognisance of reports astir alleged intersexual exploitation and rape of a pistillate and her insignificant girl by their landlord successful Gujarat's Morbi district.
NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Gujarat main caput and manager wide of police, directing them to guarantee immediate, impartial and time-bound enactment successful the matter. She sought a elaborate enactment taken study (ATR) wrong 7 days.
"The NCW has taken suo motu cognisance of highly superior media reports regarding the alleged intersexual exploitation and rape of a pistillate and her insignificant girl successful Morbi territory of Gujarat," the committee said successful a station connected X.
It said that according to media reports, the accused landlord allegedly sexually exploited the pistillate and her insignificant girl for a agelong clip arsenic they were not capable to wage rent.
Such inhuman exploitation of women and children was unacceptable and strict enactment should beryllium taken against the guilty, it said.
The NCW sought details from authorities of the provisions invoked successful the FIR and the enactment taken nether the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
It besides sought accusation connected the apprehension of the accused, the existent presumption of the investigation, aesculapian and forensic introspection of the pistillate and her daughter, counselling, ineligible assistance, security, rehabilitation and compensation being provided to them.
The NCW further directed the authorities to analyse the relation of immoderate different idiosyncratic who whitethorn person provided extortion oregon assistance to the accused and to guarantee preventive measures to curb the exploitation of economically susceptible women and children.
