Due process of law and all guidelines issued by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) are being followed in all cases of police encounters that have taken place in Assam since May last year, the State government claimed in an affidavit filed before the Gauhati High Court.
In the affidavit filed in connection with a PIL, the Assam government informed the court that 28 people have been killed and 73 others injured in police action from May 10 last year, when Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assumed charge, till January 28 this year.
