Government sets up three-member panel to probe Manipur violence

Category : State Published on: June 06 2023

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The Centre on Sunday set up a Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, to probe the recent series of violence in Manipur.
The other members of the commission are retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar.
According to a notification issued by the Union Home Ministry, the commission will make inquiry with respect of the causes and spread of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities, which took place in Manipur on May 3 and thereafter.
The commission shall submit its report to the central government as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of its first sitting.
The headquarters of the commission will be in Imphal.
Manipur has been witnessing sporadic violence ever since ethnic clashes broke out on May 3.