Midnapore, Oct. 25 -- A retired judge will submit an inquiry report into the Chorbagan stampede within three months, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday, promising that the findings would be placed before the West Bengal Assembly and made available to the public.
Speaking during a visit to Ramnagar in East Midnapore to meet the family of Kalpana Jana, who died in the stampede, Adhikari said the government had entrusted theto investigation to a retired judge after difficulties arose over the appointment of a sitting judge.
"We had sought a sitting judge, but the Chief Justice indicated that there were difficulties. The inquiry has therefore been entrusted to a retired judge," he said. The Calcutta High court had rejected a propo...