Uttar Pradesh Govt Orders Judicial Probe into Mathura Violence

The enquiry committee has been asked to make suggestions to help ensure such ghastly events do not take place again

• The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into last week’s violence in Mathura in which 29 people, including two police officers, lost their lives. The probe will be conducted by a retired judge of Allahabad High Court and an inquiry committee has been asked to submit its report within two months.
  
  
• The enquiry committee has been asked to make suggestions that will help in ensuring that the ghastly events in Mathura do not repeat themselves.
  
  

• The violence which erupted last week claimed the lives of Superintendent of Police (City) Mukul Dwivedi and SHO Santosh Kumar. Political parties have been demanding a judicial inquiry into the violence. BJP Member of Parliament from Mathura, Hema Malini, also demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident.
  

(With PTI Inputs)