Commission of inquiry

23 May 2018

In power

AIADMK — Tamil Nadu

Acted

State government, Tamil Nadu

Under

Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (as reported by The Wire)

The state government appointed retired Madras High Court judge Aruna Jagadeesan as a one-member commission of inquiry into the police firing, a day after it. The commission gave an interim report in May 2021 and its final report to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on 18 May 2022; the report, about 3,000 pages, was tabled in the Assembly on 18 October 2022. It found the firing unprovoked, recommended departmental action, without prejudice to criminal action, against 17 police personnel including IG Shailesh Kumar Yadav, DIG Kapil Kumar C. Saratkar and SP P. Mahendran, and recommended departmental action against Collector N. Venkatesh and three deputy tahsildars. It called the then Chief Minister's statement that he learnt of the firing from television incorrect, and recommended Rs 50 lakh compensation for each death [6][4][2][3][5][1]

• 17 police personnel the commission recommended action against, said Aruna Jagadeesan Commission (as reported by The News Minute) [2]
• Rs 50 lakh total compensation recommended for each death (Rs 20 lakh already paid), said Aruna Jagadeesan Commission (as reported by The News Minute) [2]

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