India, Dec. 17 -- A three-member Commission of Inquiry set up on June 4, 2023, to probe the ethnic violence in Manipur has been granted an extension till May 20, 2026, to submit its report, a notification issued by the Union home ministry on Tuesday evening said.

This is the fifth such extension given to the commission. The previous deadline was November 20, 2025.

The commission, headed by former chief justice of the Gauhati High Court Ajai Lamba, was mandated to inquire into the causes and spread of the violence and riots targeting members of different communities, which began on May 3, 2023.

The commission, which also includes retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Himanshu Shekhar Das and retired Indian Police Service (...