Acting on a petition filed by advocate Prabir Das and human rights activist Manoj Jena, the commission directed the deputy inspector general (south western range) to conduct a probe into the matter and submit a report within four weeks.
Three people, including a ward member, were killed and two minors injured on Sunday when security personnel — mistaking them to be Maoist rebels — allegedly opened fire at them during an operation at Karlapat forest in Kalahandi district. (IANS)