Panaji, May 3 -- The Goa government has constituted a fact finding inquiry committee to investigate the stampede during Shree Devi Lairai Zatra at Shirgaon.

As per an official order of Goa Department of Home Secretariat, this committee is led by Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Revenue) Sandeep Jacques and includes DIG Smti Varsha Sharma, Pravimal Abhishek, South Goa SP Tikam Singh Verma.

The committee has been ordered to visit the incident site immediately and submit its report within 48 hours.

Earlier on Saturday, Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai expressed condolences to the families affected by the Shirgaon stampede and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

Six died, and more than 50 people were injured in the stampede at the Lairai...