The deposition and recording of statements of the witnesses in the sensational Gumudumuha police encounter incident, before the Justice Janab Mohammed Ajmal Commission of Inquiry began on Wednesday.
On the first day Special Operations Group (SOG) Commandant Nilakanta Kanhar and Investigating Officer Phulbani SDPO Prabhat Chandra Panigrahi deposed before the Ajmal Commission and narrated their version of the encounter at the Phulbani District Court. A total of 16 affidavits have been filed before the Commission so far.
Notably, five tribals, travelling in an auto rickshaw were killed in the firing by the security forces, who had suspected them to be Maoists.
The incident created a furore in the State and the opposition parties and various tribal outfits raised a hue and cry over the incident. Then the State Government formed the commission to probe into the incident.