The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to Maharashtra government over alleged botched-up surgeries at a cataract check-up camp in Washim district that led to four persons losing their vision and 19 being critically affected.

The Commission, taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, observed that the contents of media reports in this regard, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of human rights of the victims. Accordingly, it issued a notice to principal secretary of state health department, seeking a report within two weeks.