NEET protests: SC sets up 5-member panel to probe excessive use of force by cops

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday constituted a 5-member High-Powered Enquiry Committee to examine the allegations of excessive use of force by police, and paramilitary force on students during July 20 Sansad Chalo march organised by Cockroach Janata Party.The committee will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice R. Subhash Reddy. The other members are former Punjab and Haryana high court Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha, former Delhi high court judge Justice Shalinder Kaur, former CBI director Rishi Kumar Shukla and retired Meghalaya Director General of Police Dr LR Bishnoi.The committee will examine allegations of excessive use of pellet guns, electric batons, lathi charges and tear gas, along with alleged violence against women protesters.It will also look into police surv