Acting on a report titled “Man, mother found chained at their house” published in these columns of The Tribune today, the Punjab State & Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commission has taken a suo motu cognisance of the incident. Nirmal Singh (45) and his elderly mother Jaswinder Kaur were found shackled at their residence at Madhir village in the Gidderbaha Assembly segment here.

The Commission, comprising Chairperson Justice Sant Parkash and Member Justice Gurbir Singh, has sought reports from the Deputy Commissioner, Senior Superintendent of Police and Civil Surgeon, Muktsar, regarding the circumstances of the incident and the health condition of the victims.

The reports have been sought a week before the next date of hearing on November 24.

According to the news report, the victims were

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