SHILLONG: Former Chairperson of Assam Human Rights Commission Justice Aftab Hussain Saikia has assumed office of the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission as its first Chairperson.
An official source said on Tuesday that following the order of the political department and after getting nod from the Meghalaya Governor, the first Chairman of Meghalaya Human Rights Commission assumed charge on July 15.
Aftab Hussain Saikia is the former Chief Justice of High Courts of Jammu and Kashmir and Sikkim.