A four-member team, headed by the NHRC's acting chairman G.P. Mathur, submitted its report on the gun battle near Batla House in south Delhi to a division bench of of the Delhi High Court, comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan.

Police inspector M.C. Sharma, described as 'encounter specialist', was killed during the gun battle Sep 19, 2008, in the aftermath of the serial blasts in the national capital.

Two suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists, identified as Atif Amin and Mohammed Sajid, were killed while two - Mohammed Saif and Zeeshan - were arrested.

The court ordered the NHRC inquiry into the shootout on a plea of NGO Act Now For Harmony and Democracy, which questioned the police version of the incident.