Guwahati, Dec 14: Sixteen years after six members of a family were hacked to death in their home in Jogdal village in Assam’s Kamrup Metropolitan district, a local organisation has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), seeking justice for the victims.

The Dimoria Bikash Manch has urged NHRC chairperson Justice V. R. Rama Subramanian to take cognisance of alleged human rights violations in the case and sought the Commission’s intervention to ensure a fair, independent and time-bound investigation.

Chief adviser of the Manch, Dibyajyoti Medhi, who submitted the petition on Saturday, said, “We met a member of the Commission and handed over our petition. He has assured us that the matter will be looked into.”

Noting that justice has been awaited for 16 years, Medhi expres

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