The Centre on Tuesday (December 16, 2025) gave another extension till May 20, 2026 to a Commission of Inquiry to submit its report on the probe into the 2023 Manipur violence that claimed 260 lives, a government notification said.
The three-member panel, headed by former Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, was formed on June 4, 2023 in the aftermath of the ethnic violence which broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023. The other two members of the commission included retired IAS officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired IPS officer Aloka Prabhakar.
Government gives another extension to three-member panel probing Manipur violence
In the notification issued by the Union Home Ministry, the commission will now submit its report to the Central government "as soon as possible but not later than the 20th May, 2026".
The inquiry commission was mandated to probe the causes and spread of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities.
