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Calcutta HC judge to probe Siwan killings

Justice Vidyanand, a retired judge of the Calcutta high court, would probe the last month's encounter between the supporters of controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Mohammad Shahabuddin and the police that left 11 dead at Pratappur village in Siwan district of Bihar.

Bihar Home Secretary U N Panjiar said on Saturday that the state government had notified the constitution of the one-member judicial commission.

The state government has asked the commission to submit its report within six months, Panjiar said.

Panjiar said the judicial inquiry would go into the alleged misbehaviour of some policemen with the then Siwan district magistrate and DIG, Saran range, at the Siwan circuit house, the subsequent encounter and the participation of Uttar Pradesh police in it.

The commission has also been asked to probe the causes that led to a virtual revolt in the police department against Shahabuddin.

PTI

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