Published on : 27 Oct 2025, 2:35 pm 2 min read

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Delhi Police in the suo motu complaint case before National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) concerning a woman’s allegations of rape, abuse and forced beef-eating against journalist Omar Rashid [Omar Rashid v. National Human Rights Commission & Anr].

Advocate Shaurya Mittal, appearing for Rashid, told the Court that earlier this year, an anonymous social media post carrying scathing and false allegations of sexual misconduct and forced beef-eating was made against him.

The NHRC registered a suo motu complaint on the basis of this anonymous post and directed the Delhi Police to file its ATR. Rashid moved the High Court against this order.

When the matter wa

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