The Commission has given the Home Secretary and Director General of Police, Assam six weeks time to comply with its directions on payment of interim relief of Rs. 1 lakh each to the next-of-kin of three victims of police firing. It said, failure to comply with the recommendations would necessitate it to call upon them to appear personally before the Commission on 22 November 2004 to offer personal explanation. Earlier, the Commission had issued several reminders to the authorities concerned to show cause why payment of interim relief be not granted in this case, where three persons had died and six others were injured in a firing incident reported to have occurred on 3 November 2002 in front of the Langkhasi Police out post of Tinsukia district at Assam.

The Commission had considered it a fit case for award of interim relief as the Magisterial Inquiry report submitted clearly showed that the entire incident took place because of lack of command and control and an irresponsible behaviour of the SI, who was In-charge of Langkhasi Police Station to tackle a simple law and order situation