Justice Raghubir Das Commission of Inquiry constituted to probe into the missing of the Puri Shree Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar keys has sought an extension of its tenure by three months.
A letter to this effect has been sent to the State Government, whose is awaited, said Justice Das.
The judicial commission formed on June 6 was earlier asked to submit its report within three months.
As per its Terms of Reference (ToR), the commission would probe into (i) sequence of events and circumstances leading to the reported non-availability of the keys of the inner chamber of the Ratna Bhandar, (ii) the role, conduct and accountability of individuals/groups/authorities for the reported non-availability of the keys and (iii) any other matter connected with or incidental thereto as the commission may consider appropriate includingmeasures to be taken to avoid recurrence of such event in future.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had on June 4 ordered the probe into the circumstances leading to the non-availability of the keys of the Ratna Bhandar.