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Panel to begin public hearing on June 22

By STAFF Correspondent

JORHAT, June 18 - The one-man commission appointed by the State government to probe into the custodial death of a youth, Jayanta Bora, from Borholla under Titabar Civil Sub-division of Jorhat district on June 15, will hold public hearing on June 22, 23 and 24 at the Inspection Bungalow of PWD at Borholla.

A district administration official informed this evening that the Director of Land Records and Survey, Assam, Lalit Gogoi, who has has been entrusted to carry out the inquiry, will record statements from the public from 11 am to 3 pm on these three days.

The official stated that any individual, members of organisations, police personnel, civil administration officials, who may have any information about the incident or would like to provide any proof or submit a statement to the one-man-inquiry commission, could come to the above-mentioned venue to assist in the probe.

Moreover, the one-man probe panel could be intimated any information in connection with the case by mailing the same at the e-mail id: [email protected], the official said.

It may be mentioned here that the custodial death of Bora from Kakodunga Habigaon sparked a row with family members and villagers staging a protest over the death and refusing to accept the body until those responsible for the incident were punished and justice meted out.

The situation got defused after a team led by State Agriculture Minister Atul Bora along with Minister of State for Revenue and Disaster Management Jogen Mohan and Jorhat MP Topon Kumar Gogoi visited the victim�s house on Tuesday.

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