Kolkata: The state's human rights panel Thursday expressed its helplessness in taking up the gang rape of a tribal woman allegedly on the orders of a kangaroo court, citing non-availability of judicial members.

The West Bengal Human Rights Commission, following the resignation of its chairperson A.K. Ganguly, currently has only one member, former state police chief Naparajit Mukherjee, who is now also its chairman.

"The commission has now only one member, that too a non-judicial member in form of Mukherjee. As there are no judicial members, we cannot take cognizance of the unfortunate and barbaric incident," commission registrar Rabindranath Samanta said.