Henri Tiphagne of executive director of People’s Watch said, “I want rowdyism to be controlled; there is no second opinion about that. This is a very sad state of affairs. I want the people who break the law to be handled, but within the parameters of the law.”

I. Aseer, State coordinator of the Joint Action against Custodial Torture, said “As per our calculation, from 1998 onwards, approximately 100 encounters were reported in the state. Wish to know whether the crime rate has decreased because of this.”

The court then directed the DVAC to file a preliminary report in two weeks. The court passed the orders on a plea moved by activist Henri Tiphagne seeking to reopen the probe closed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into the incident.