The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Saturday (January 3, 2026) has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of a 19-year-old student in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, following alleged ragging, mental torture and sexual harassment. The Commission has strongly condemned this case and termed it as a gross violation of the life, dignity and rights of the student. Apart from this, questions have also been raised on the failure of security system in educational campuses and a letter has been written to the DGP of Himachal Pradesh, instructions have been given to ensure fair and timely investigation in the case and arrest of the accused.

NCW gave strict instructions regarding the matter

The National Commission for Women (NCW) issued a statement in the matter saying that the Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a very serious incident related to ragging, physical harassment and sexual harassment at the Government Degree College, Dharamshala, in which a 19-year-old student died during treatment. The Commission strongly condemns this heinous, inhuman and condemnable act, which is a gross violation of the life, dignity and rights of the student and highlights the serious failure of the security mechanism in educational campuses.

Letter written to DGP of Himachal Pradesh

The Women’s Commission said that the Honorable Chairperson has written a letter to the Director General of Police (DGP) of Himachal Pradesh directing him to ensure immediate FIR registration, arrest of all the accused, fair and timely investigation, preservation of post-mortem and medical records and strict action under the Indian Justice Code (BNS), 2023, anti-sexual harassment laws and prohibition of ragging rules.

At the same time, the Women’s Commission has also given instructions to take departmental action against guilty/negligent faculty members, review the anti-ragging mechanism in the college and strengthen campus security, awareness and counseling arrangements. Also, instructions have been given to submit the detailed action taken report (ATR) to the commission within the next five days.

Under which sections was the case registered?

Dharamshala Police has registered a case under sections 75, 115(2) and 3(5) of the Indian Code of Justice (BNS), which include sections like sexual harassment, voluntarily causing hurt and similar intent. Along with this, Section 3 of the Himachal Pradesh Educational Institutions (Prohibition of Ragging) Act, 2009 has also been imposed. Four girl students and a college professor have been made accused in this case.

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The National Commission for Women said in its statement, “The National Commission for Foreign Secretary, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, especially the condemnable online abuse against her daughter condemns strictly. Sharing personal contact information of the daughter of Foreign Secretary is a seriously irresponsible work. It is a serious violation of confidentiality, which endanger their security.

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The statement further wrote, “Such personal attacks on family members of the country’s senior -most civil servants are not only unacceptable, but also morally incompetent. We urge all of us for decency, civilization and restrained behavior. Let’s rise above it!”

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Shortly after the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, online users started trolling Vikram Misri on the social media platform. Many users went to their X account and made lewd comments on the old posts, after which they made their X account private, which means that now only limited people will be able to follow them. Let us know that after the operation vermilion, tension between India and Pakistan had increased, after which they were constantly giving updates to the country through a press conference.

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At the same time, Deputy Chairman of UP Women’s Commission Aparna Yadav said that it is the responsibility of the State Women’s Commission not to tolerate indecency towards any woman at all. He said that the Commission’s approach to matters related to harassment and obscenity of women is very clear. If any deficiency is found in the case of owl app’s show house arrest, strict action will be taken by the Commission.

The audience has conducted a campaign on social media regarding the recent episode of the Owl app show House Arrest. The show has been accused of showing pornographic content and promoting obscenity.

Owl app stopped streaming of house arrest show

At the same time, after this uproar, the Owl app stopped the streaming of Ejaz Khan’s reality show ‘House Arrest’ and has removed all the previous episodes. Let me tell you that the controversy over this show took place when in an episode of this show, Ejaz Khan was asked to do something wrong in front of the women contestants in front of the camera. Then after this clip went viral on social media, the uproar increased and the owl app had to remove all the episodes of this show.

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