'He was cut to pieces. The perpetrators went into hiding after that. But now they roam free. I see them sometimes -- they try and avoid me now,' she said, choking on her words.

With support from civil society organisation Peoples Initiative for Justice and Peace (PIJP), the two, along with Nayak's brother are in Delhi till Aug 21, to try and meet home ministry and minority affairs ministry officials and put forth a plea to ensure rehabilitation and justice for the Kandhamal victims.

'We have given all into the hands of the justice system. Police and the district collector assured us that justice will be given but maybe delayed,' the victims said.

According to a PIJP survey undertaken by its volunteers in Kandhamal 'the state system for enforcement of law and order has broken down. Witness intimidation is rampant and the state itself seems to have surrendered ...Though there are 2,500 complaints filed with the police following the August 2008 atrocities the number of first information reports (FIRs) is only 827 and only 679 have been arrested even as 11,000 are named in the FIRs.'

Speaking on behalf of PIJP, human rights activist Joseph Sebastian from NGO Indo Global Social Service Society said: 'Rehabilitation of the displaced people is another grey area since there is no reliable data of the originally displaced people and of those who have yet to go back to their homes. We demand that a census should be prepared in a time-bound manner by Sep 15 and the return of the displaced should be completed by a target date.'

The organisation has also approached the Supreme Court to 'take cognizance of the breakdown of the justice system and constitute a special investigation team as done in the case of Gujarat to take in fresh complaints, register FIRs and to investigate matters pertaining to the attack.'