Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed the State Assembly on Monday that out of a total of 20 inquiry commissions set up since 2000 under the Commission of Inquiry Act, only nine have submitted their reports.
Replying to a question of BJP member Dilip Ray, the Chief Minister said the Justice AK Parichha Commission of Inquiry set up in 2001 to probe into the police-lawyers clash in Puri is yet to submit its report.
Similarly, the Justice Basudev Panigrahi Commission probing into the Raighar police firing in 2001, the Kandhamal riot in 2008 and the laxmanananda Saraswati murder; the Justice AS Naidu Commission probing into the Kalinganagar police firing in 2006, the Commission of Inquiry by the District and Sessions Judge, Dhenkanal into the Bhuban police firing in 2009, another commission inquiring into the Bagalapur police firing in Cuttack in 2010 and the Justice SK Mohanty Commission probing into the death of two engineering students in Balangir in 2009 have not yet submitted their reports, Patnaik informed the House.