Tuesday, January 10 2006 18:37 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bhubaneswar: Justice A. S. Naidu of the Orissa High Court will inquire into the January 2 police firing at Kalinga nagar in Jajpur district, official sources said here today (Jan 10, 2006).

The Chief Justice of the High Court Sujit Burman Roy had informed the Government about its decision to entrust justice Naidu with the responsibility.

The Orissa Government had decided to conduct a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge into the incident in which 13 persons, including 12 tribals were killed.

After the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had requested the Chief Justice to spare a sitting judge for the inquiry, the former had expressed his inability to spare a judge for the purpose.

Patnaik had requested the Chief Justice again to spare a judge to conduct the probe, the sources said.