Overview
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari tabled and published the Justice (retd.) Susanta/Sushanta Chatterjee Commission report on Monday, July 20, 2026, placing the long‑pending inquiry into the July 21, 1993 police firing before the Assembly and the public.
- The commission concluded the use of lethal force was unnecessary, unjustified and unprovoked and said there was no situation that warranted police firing on the Youth Congress march that killed 13 people.
- The report recommended Rs 25 lakh to each family of those killed and Rs 5 lakh to each injured person, and noted several official records were missing and disciplinary action against some IPS officers was warranted.
- Adhikari said families may file fresh FIRs with state legal assistance and the government will consider paying the commission's recommended compensation from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
- The timing sharpens a political contest over Martyrs’ Day as the TMC has split into rival factions holding separate July 21 programmes, the Calcutta High Court cleared a limited Mamata Banerjee event for up to 2,500 people, and Kolkata Police have placed parts of central Kolkata under BNSS Section 163 prohibitory orders through August 30.