Long drawn injustice: worse than justice denied - Brief history of the Nellie Massacre victims
The 1983 Nellie Massacre remains one of India's darkest episodes, where over 2,000 Bengali Muslims were brutally killed amid demographic tensions in Assam. After more than four decades of delayed justice and bureaucratic failures, the Supreme Court recently declined to hear victims' pleas, asking them to approach the High Court instead; prolonging their decades-long wait for recognition,...
The 1983 Nellie Massacre remains one of India's darkest episodes, where over 2,000 Bengali Muslims were brutally killed amid demographic tensions in Assam. After more than four decades of delayed justice and bureaucratic failures, the Supreme Court recently declined to hear victims' pleas, asking them to approach the High Court instead; prolonging their decades-long wait for recognition, proper compensation, and rehabilitation. The continuing struggle highlights deep systemic neglect of these survivors.