SHILLONG, July 12: Chief Secretary, MS Rao on Monday said that the state government has written to Advocate General, Amit Kumar to recommend a panel of names of retired High Court judges to head the one-member inquiry committee to probe into the alleged rice ‘scam’.
“We are awaiting a response from the Advocate General,” Rao said.
Earlier, Chief Minister, Conrad K. Sangma had informed that he had issued an order for constitution of a single-member independent inquiry committee to examine the allegations.
The chief minister had also stated that the inquiry committee would be given three months’ time to complete the probe.
