6-month extension to panel probing Mirchpur attacks


The one-man inquiry commission constituted under Justice Iqbal Singh, a former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana HC, to probe the Mirchpur incident of April 1this year in which two Dalits were burnt alive and 18 houses of the community were torched, has got an extension of six months. Sources said the notification pertaining to the extension of the commission’s tenure would be issued shortly. The commission, constituted on June 18, was given three months to probe the fire incident and study the circumstances under which Tara Chand and his physically challenged daughter died. The deadline for the report is March 16, 2011, sources said.

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