<span style="color: #222222;">The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Karnataka government over the reported stopping of a farmer from boarding a metro train in Bengaluru due to his attire. Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports over the incident, the NHRC has asked the Karnataka Chief Secretary and the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited Managing Director for a detailed report on the matter within four weeks. The report should include the steps taken or proposed to ensure that such incidents do not recur.</span> <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The Commission said that according to media reports, the farmer was allegedly stopped by a metro official from boarding at the Rajajinagar station in Bengaluru because his clothes were untidy. It added that the farmer was standing with a sack of goods on his head at the bag-checking point of the metro station.</span><br />