Documents relating to 1993 police firing missing

"The state home secretary Basudeb Banerjee informed me that the documents relating to the incident which were submitted by the then police commissioner to the then state home secretary were not traceable," retired Calcutta High Court Judge Sushanta Chatterjee who heads the commission told reporters here today.

The inquiry commission was set up in February this year to probe the events related to the firing and those responsible for it during a demonstration organised by the Youth Congress of which present chief minister Mamata Banerjee was president at the time.

The terms of reference also included inquiry into the present condition of the victims' families and the status of the police cases registered on the incident.

 

The commission has also been asked to assess and recommend compensation if any required to be paid to the victims.