Around 20 locals have reportedly recorded their statements over the the incident that resulted in the BJP Rajya Sabha member Tarun Vijay being injured on Friday. The statements were recorded on Tuesday in the presence of the Garhwal Commissioner CS Napchyal. Additional DM, SDM and other administration and police officers were also present on the occasion. It should be mentioned here that violence broke out that day over the issue of Dalit entry in the newly inaugurated temple.
Napalchyal who had been appointed the investigating officer by the state government the day the incident happened had on Monday appealed to the people to provide the administration with the verbal or written evidences regarding the case to help them get concrete clues as to how things originated. He said they could provide the information they had at commissioner’s camp office at EC Road any day by May 28. Moreover, a team of CB-CID had also arrived in Shilgur Devta Temple area in Chakrata region on Monday to probe the incident.