Another probe commission on its way

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contemplating to set up an inquiry commission into the death of 17 Anandamargis allegedly by CPM goons on Bijon Setu in south Kolkata in 1982.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contemplating to set up an inquiry commission into the death of 17 Anandamargis allegedly by CPM goons on Bijon Setu in south Kolkata in 1982. The monks,who were part of a rally,were burnt alive in broad daylight but so far no one has been convicted.

An Argentine,Angori Eros,who sometime back to the central government asking it to take action against the perpetrators. The central government had later referred the matter to the state government. The file has been sent to the CM for her to take a call on it, said a Home Department official.

If this happens it will be the eighth commission of inquiry that the chief minister is going to set up. Of the seven that have been announced by her so far,notifications have been issued for four DP Sengupta Commission to probe the unnatural death of CPM MLA Mustafa Bin Qasim in May this year,Arunabha Basu commission to probe into the massacre at Sainbari in 1970,Gitesh Ranjan Bhattacharya Commission to probe into the unnatural death of BDO Kallol Sur in 2008 and Sushanta Chattopadhyay Commission to probe in the police firing in 1993 on a rally of Youth Congress activists led by the then Youth Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in which 16 people were killed.

Of the four,only one commission probing Qasims death has started functioning.We have selected chambers for the other three panels and staff members have also been selected. We hope work will start next month, Law Minister Moloy Ghatak told The Indian Express.

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