24 years on, families of Assam fake encounter victims struggle to piece their lives back together

The harrowing memories, however, won’t go away. “It was 10.30 am on February 17, 1994. Four armed soldiers and a civilian came to our house. They took my husband away. I never saw him again,” recalls Lileswari Moran, widow of Bhaben Moran, one of the five Aasu leaders killed by the Army. Lileswari was 28 at the time.