Calcutta, Aug. 22: The inquiry report of the July 21, 1993, police firing that killed 13 Youth Congress supporters is missing, home secretary Basudeb Banerjee today told the committee formed by Mamata Banerjee to probe the incident.

Basudeb Banerjee also told the Justice (retd) Susanta Chattopadhyay commission that several related documents were also not available with the home department.

Among the documents that are missing is the report of the crucial preliminary inquiry conducted by then Calcutta police chief Tushar Talukdar.

On February 7 this year, Mamata ordered the commission to probe the 19-year-old incident. Mamata, who was the state Youth Congress chief in 1993, was leading a procession to Writers’ Buildings when the firing took place.

To mark the incident, Mamata organises an annual rally at Esplanade.

Although the commission was set up in February, it could not start functioning till late June as the government could not provide an office for the hearing. After the hearing started on July 20, the commission asked the state government to provide documents relevant to the probe.

“The commission had asked for the documents related to the incident that would have helped in conducting the probe after 19 years. Talukdar’s report, list of eyewitnesses and their statements are not available,” a senior home department official said.

Home department sources said only photocopies of some of the documents related to the firing were available. “The list of injured and the dead is available along with the names of hospitals that they were taken to,” a senior official said.

The commission was set up to probe the events that led to the killing of 13 people, identify those involved in and responsible for the firing, the role of the police, present condition of the victims families, the status of police cases and recommend compensation for the families.

“If documents like the police inquiry report or action-taken reports on the complaints lodged on behalf of the victims go missing, it would be tough for the commission to undertake a proper inquiry,” said an official.