CUTTACK (Orissa): The Orissa government has told the High Court that the report of a judicial probe into the stampede at Puri Jagannath Temple during the Nagarjuna Vesa in 1998 had been lost and a search produced no result.
In an affidavit, the state government informed the court yesterday that the report of another judicial probe, ordered in 2006, to find out who were responsible for the loss of the earlier report had been accepted by the government and that steps were being taken for follow-up action on the basis of recommendations made by it.
The government's response came in reply to a PIL filed in the court by a socio-cultural organisation Maitree Sansad way back in 2003 in which it had questioned poor law and order and security measures at the 12th century shrine.
Following death of six persons in the stampede at the temple in 1998, Justice J M Mohapatra was appointed to conduct an inquiry. The judicial Commission had submitted its report to the government.
But the government in an affidavit said the report could not be traced despite a thorough search, said the petitioner-advocate Ajoy Mohanty.
The government also informed that a subsequent judicial commission, set up in November, 2006 and headed by Justice P K Mohanty to find out the person (s) responsible for the loss of earlier report, was in the hands of the government.
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