SHILLONG, May 20: The one-man inquiry commission headed by Justice (retd) T Vaiphei, probing the killing of former HNLC leader Cheristerfield Thangkhiew, submitted its report to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Friday.
The report, which was submitted in a sealed packet to the Chief Minister, will be studied by the Political department.
The CM, while thanking Justice Vaiphei, said the Political department will examine the report.
Justice Vaiphei said he cannot divulge the details of the probe as it was “highly confidential”. He said it was up to the government to take a call on whether to accept his recommendations or reject it.
The government had notified the probe in August last year but the work started in the first week of September, Justice Vaiphei said, adding that there were procedural issues for three months and the hearing started in December.
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.
