One-man inquiry commission into police firing on Aug 20

The Assam Government has constituted a one-man inquiry commission to probe the circumstances leading to police firing that took place in Golaghat town and its adjoining areas on August 20.
The state government has appointed retired judge of the Gauhati High Court Justice B P Katakey to inquire into the circumstances leading to the police firing which resulted in death of three persons and injuries to several others, including police personnel, besides significant loss of public and private property, a government press release said today.
The commission will ascertain the circumstances leading to and the act of police firing and also opine whether police action was resorted to after exhausting all available non-lethal options of crowd control in the given circumstances.

It will further ascertain if any person(s) or organisation(s) were responsible for inciting or encouraging the mob violence. Further, it will determine if there were any lapses on the part of any authority, and, if so, will fix responsibility thereof, officials said.
The inquiry commission will suggest measures so that such situations or incidents are dealt with effectively in future with minimum loss of life or injury and will probe into any other matter relevant to the subject matter.
It will submit its reports within three months from the date of issue of the notification yesterday, they added.