Congress calls for judicial investigation

January 22, 2018 01:49 am | Updated 01:49 am IST - NEW DELHI

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Maken who visited the fire site in Bawana demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident.

Mr. Maken said that a magisterial inquiry was not enough to unravel the truth and alleged that if an inquiry under the government was held, the whole truth will not come out as the government will try to save its own “guilty departments”. He also demanded that the Delhi government should immediately give ₹50 lakh compensation to each of the kin of the victim.

Role of govt. agencies

“We demand a judicial probe. The role of Delhi government’s agencies — DSIIDC and the pollution department — cannot be investigated impartially in a magisterial inquiry,” Mr. Maken said.

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