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Garg panel to probe Chhillar killings
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 5
A former Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice TP Garg, will probe the killings of over 20 Sikhs in Hondh Chhillar village in Rewari district of Haryana and the damage caused to their property in November 1984.

Announcing this here today, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the TP Garg Commission of Inquiry had been appointed in response to a demand by various sections of society. It would submit its report to the state government within six months from the date of its first sitting. The headquarters of the commission would be at Hisar.

Hooda said the commission would probe the incidents of violence, which targeted members of the Sikh community living in Hondh Chhillar village. The commission would also investigate the sequence of events that led to the violence, including facts related to the number of victims who died and the damage caused to property.

The CM said the commission would devise its own procedures for the conduct of the inquiry subject to the provisions of the Commission of Inquiry Act of 1952.