KISHTWAR RIOTS: CoI Fails to Submit Report, Misses 6th Deadline
KISHTWAR; Government has admitted that the one-man Commission of Inquiry (CoI) appointed to probe Kishtwar riots has failed to submit report in stipulated time.
In reply to a question of Congress MLA from Inderwal constituency, G M Saroori, who sought the status of Commission of Inquiry and payment of compensation to the victims, Chief Minister through a written reply in Legislative Assembly has admitted that after the lapse of more than six months the Commission of Justice (retd) RC Gandhi has failed to submit final report and missed another deadline of February 22.
“The Commission of Inquiry constituted on August 23, 2013, to enquire into the incidents of violence and arson that took place on August 9, 2013 in Kishtwar has submitted only an interim report in December 2013 and the date of submission of the final report has been extended up to February 22,” the reply reads.
In another part, the Chief Minister confirmed that government has not received the final report and was considering the interim findings received from the commission.
“As the final report is yet to be submitted by the commission, certain interim findings made in the interim report are under considerations and do not pertain to the victims,” the reply reads.
However, in the answer it was also mentioned that an amount of Rs 1,84,11,563 has already been sanctioned and disbursed among 75 affected families and 45 relief cases are under process for payments.
Pertinently, State government constituted one man Commission of Inquiry to probe into the circumstances that led to large scale rioting in Kishtwar and asked it to submit report within one month.
Later the government appointed Qazi Sarwar, Additional Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, as Secretary of the Commission, retired SSP, Reasi, Raghubir Singh and senior prostituting officer, Udhampur, P P Singh to assist the CoI.
After taking four months and recording the statements of officials including then Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar and Superintendent of Police besides statements of more than 350 locals of Kishtwar and Padder, the Commission had submitted its interim report on December 20, 2013 and give clean chit to Minister of State for Home, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, who had resigned from the ministry in wake of allegations of his involvement in riots by the opposition. A day after receiving the interim report by CoI, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo was re-inducted as a minister in State government on same portfolios.
As per sources, “The Gandhi Commission in its interim report gave a clean chit to Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, slammed different wings of the police, including the CID and administration for non-cooperation. It has held the former DC, DIG, SP, police personnel on ground duty and magistrates of violence-hit areas responsible for negligence of duty.
It has recommended grilling of senior police officers for not registering an FIR into the case pertaining to attack on MoS Home Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo. The report also stated that Kichloo be treated as a victim and not accused.
The commission has also advocated formation of mixed VDCs to strike a balance, sources said.
In reply to a question of Congress MLA from Inderwal constituency, G M Saroori, who sought the status of Commission of Inquiry and payment of compensation to the victims, Chief Minister through a written reply in Legislative Assembly has admitted that after the lapse of more than six months the Commission of Justice (retd) RC Gandhi has failed to submit final report and missed another deadline of February 22.
“The Commission of Inquiry constituted on August 23, 2013, to enquire into the incidents of violence and arson that took place on August 9, 2013 in Kishtwar has submitted only an interim report in December 2013 and the date of submission of the final report has been extended up to February 22,” the reply reads.
In another part, the Chief Minister confirmed that government has not received the final report and was considering the interim findings received from the commission.
“As the final report is yet to be submitted by the commission, certain interim findings made in the interim report are under considerations and do not pertain to the victims,” the reply reads.
However, in the answer it was also mentioned that an amount of Rs 1,84,11,563 has already been sanctioned and disbursed among 75 affected families and 45 relief cases are under process for payments.
Pertinently, State government constituted one man Commission of Inquiry to probe into the circumstances that led to large scale rioting in Kishtwar and asked it to submit report within one month.
Later the government appointed Qazi Sarwar, Additional Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, as Secretary of the Commission, retired SSP, Reasi, Raghubir Singh and senior prostituting officer, Udhampur, P P Singh to assist the CoI.
After taking four months and recording the statements of officials including then Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar and Superintendent of Police besides statements of more than 350 locals of Kishtwar and Padder, the Commission had submitted its interim report on December 20, 2013 and give clean chit to Minister of State for Home, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, who had resigned from the ministry in wake of allegations of his involvement in riots by the opposition. A day after receiving the interim report by CoI, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo was re-inducted as a minister in State government on same portfolios.
As per sources, “The Gandhi Commission in its interim report gave a clean chit to Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, slammed different wings of the police, including the CID and administration for non-cooperation. It has held the former DC, DIG, SP, police personnel on ground duty and magistrates of violence-hit areas responsible for negligence of duty.
It has recommended grilling of senior police officers for not registering an FIR into the case pertaining to attack on MoS Home Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo. The report also stated that Kichloo be treated as a victim and not accused.
The commission has also advocated formation of mixed VDCs to strike a balance, sources said.
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