IPS officer Rashmi Shukla appears before Bhima Koregaon Commission
The Hindu
Param Bir Singh fails to appear panel
IPS officer Rashmi Shukla appeared before the Bhima Koregaon Commission in Mumbai on Thursday.
Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh was also summoned but he did not appear before the Commission, which is headed by JN Patel, retired chief justice of the Kolkata High Court, and comprises Sumit Mullick, former Maharashtra Chief Secretary.
Ms. Shukla, however, did not depose before the Commission. She sought time to file an affidavit. She said she was yet to get some documents from the Pune Police about the event.
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