So, how did the victims respond to the delayed appointment of the Misra Commission?
A. The mere appointment of the Commission did not inspire confidence in them. A lot mere needed to be done. The victims still lived in an environment of fear as those who participated in the carnage were still roaming free with the obvious connivance of the police. The miscreants had either not been arrested or been released on bail in some minor cases booked against them. The victims could therefore see through the very reluctant decision of the Government to hold an inquiry. When the Misra Commission issued a public notice on July 9, 1985, i.e. over eight months after the massacre, it received a total of only one affidavit from the whole of Delhi in the one whole month that was originally allotted for that purpose. Such was the credibility of the Misra Commission! What saved the face of the Misra Commission then was the appearance before it of a newly formed panel of eminent persons called the Citizens Justice Committee (CJC). Misra called the members of the CJC to contact the victim
