State govt forms four-member team to assist DC for inquiry into Puri stampede

THE Odisha government on Wednesday formed a four-member team to assist Development Commissioner Anu Garg to complete an inquiry into the Puri stampede within 30 days.

- PBD BUREAU/PTI

Garg has been asked to conduct the administrative inquiry into the death of three persons and the injury to around 50 people in the stampede near Shree Gundicha Temple in Puri during the Rath Yatra festivities on June 29.

According to an office order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department, four Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have been included in the team.

Joint Director of Estates and GA & PG Department's Additional Secretary Manas Ranjan Samal, and Housing and Urban Development Department Additional Secretary Binaya Kumar Dash are part of the four-member group.

Two others are Water Resources Department Additional Secretary Rashmi Ranjan Nayak and Works Department Additional Secretary Pradip Kumar Sahoo.