The Commission of Inquiry was mandated to make inquiry with respect of the causes and spread of the violence and riots in Manipur
A three-member Commission of Inquiry formed last year to investigate the series of violence in Manipur has been now given time till November 20 by the Centre, according to a notification issued by the Union home ministry on Friday.
The Commission of Inquiry, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati high court, Ajai Lamba, was set up on June 3, 2023. The panel , also comprising retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar, was mandated to make inquiry with respect of the causes and spread of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities, which took place in Manipur since May 3, 2023.
The commission was supposed to submit its report to the central government “as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of its first sitting”.
According to the fresh notification: “The Commission shall submit its report to the central government as soon as possible but not later than the 20th November, 2024”.
According to the terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry, it would probe the sequence of events leading to, and all the facts relating to such violence; whether there were any lapses or dereliction of duty in this regard on the part of any of the responsible authorities/individuals and adequacy of the administrative measures taken to prevent, and to deal with the violence and riots.
The inquiry by the commission shall look into the complaints or allegations that may be made before it by any individual or association.