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Panel unhappy about time given
- The Hindu
MANGALORE, Feb 6, 2010 : The one-man Commission of Inquiry looking into the 2008 attacks on churches and prayer halls in the State is not happy with the time restriction imposed on it in completing its work.
Head of the commission B.K. Somasekhara said during the fag end of the judicial proceedings of the commission here on Friday that it had been asked twice in the recent past to complete the work by March 31.
The commission, which had less than two months to complete the work, could do no "magic," to finish all that it had on hand.
'Need time'
He told a group of advocates, "all of us request the Government to give reasonable time.
We are all human beings. We are working hard despite problems," he said. Pointing out that the commission was yet to hear many Hindutva activists and the police personnel, he asked the government advocate Prasanna Deshpande to bring these facts to the notice of the Government.
"Drafting itself will take a lot of time," he said referring to the final report that the Commission had to present to the Government.
Later, he said "wait and see" asked about the Commission seeking extension of time.
There was a wrong perception that the Commission had said that all that it had to say in the interim report submitted to the Government. He emphasised that it had only revealed 10 per cent of what it had gathered.
Transferred
When the advocate for the police M. Narayana Reddy pointed out that many police officials had been transferred from here and that it was difficult to call them to Mangalore for the forthcoming sitting, Mr. Somasekhara asked him to summon them from wherever they are.
"Let me examine those who come."
At one point of time, he angrily said that the Commission had enough material to "hang them" and if the police personnel did not come "it is their funeral."
Earlier Elizabeth Lobo, a witness, told the Commission during a cross examination that the police had taken a two-wheeler belonging to her family from the premises of Permannur Church. When they claimed it back, its battery was missing.
Leena D'Souza, another witness, told the Commission during a cross examination by Bajarang Dal advocate Jagadish Shenava that men who had gained entry into the church had broken glasses and had shouted slogans in favour of Bajarang Dal.
Monthi D'Souza told the advocate that Christians had blocked the national highway at Thokkottu on September 15, 2008 in protest against church attacks reported the previous day. She did not agree to the advocate's suggestion that Bajarang Dal activists were not involved in the violent incidents near the church on September 15 that year.
She denied that the Christians had thrown stones at Dal activists and police on the day.
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