Justice Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court (Retd.) who is the chairperson of the Judicial Inquiry Commission (Manipur Commission), and Himangshu Sekhar Das (Retd.), who is a member of the said Commission arrived in Imphal on Friday.
Both the chairman and member were received at the Imphal Airport by chief secretary, Government of Manipur, Vineet Joshi and DGP, Manipur Rajiv Singh.
It may be mentioned that on May 3, large-scale violence broke out in the state of Manipur and as a result of the violence, many residents of Manipur lost their lives and several others got seriously injured; their houses and properties were burned down as a result of arson and many of them were rendered homeless.
On May 29, the Government of Manipur recommended for the institution of a Judicial Inquiry Commission to look into the causes and associated factors of the crisis and the unfortunate incidents that unfolded on May 3, and afterwards under the provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952.
On the recommendation of the state government, the Central government is of the opinion that it is necessary to appoint a Commission of Inquiry for the purpose of making an inquiry into a definite matter of public importance, namely, incidents of violence in Manipur.
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India vide Notification No.S.O. 2424(E) dated June 6 appointed a Commission of Inquiry consisting of Justice Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Chairperson; Himanshu Shekhar Das, IAS (Retd.): AM: 1982 Member and Aloka Prabhakar, IPS (Retd.): TL:1986 Member.
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