SHILLONG, May 19: The Justice T Vaiphei inquiry commission, probing the killing of former HNLC leader Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, will submit its report to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday.
An official source informed that one-man inquiry commission wrapped up its hearing on April 22 and has completed the report for submission on Friday.
During the course of the inquiry which lasted more than nine months, the commission examined 12 witnesses including police personnel and family members of Thangkhiew.
The commission held more than 20 hearings. It examined several government witnesses including East Jaintia Hills Superintendent of Police, Jagpal Singh Dhanoa, who had led the August 13 operation in Shillong’s Kynton Massar locality.
The probe was ordered on August 16 last year after a public outcry over the death of the former HNLC leader, who was shot by the police in an early morning raid.
The probe panel was given three months’ time to complete its job. Later, it was granted one month’s extension at the end of which Justice Vaiphei sought for a further extension to complete the probe after which the government granted the commission time till May 20 to finish its task.
