E/CN.4/1995/91 page 46 Rapid Action Force were made available by the Centre. Army columns also were deployed to help the Administration to control the riots and restore normality. Union Ministers and the Prime Minister also visited Bombay. Persons who lost their lives, received injury and lost property, belong to various communities and there was a fair share of members of both the major communities. The State Government ordered a judicial inquiry on 25 January 1993 to inquire into the riots which took place in the area of the Bombay Police Commissionerate. Justice B.N. Srikrishna, a sitting judge of the Bombay High Court has been appointed for the inquiry. The terms of reference include: (i) the circumstances, events and the immediate causes of the incidents which occurred in the Bombay Police Commissionerate area in December 1992 and on or after 6 January 1993; (ii) whether any individual or group of individuals or any other organizations, were responsible for such events and circumstances; (iii) the adequacy or otherwise of the precautionary and preventive measures taken by the police preceding the aforesaid incidents; (iv) whether the steps taken by the police in controlling the riots were adequate and proper and whether the police firing, resulting in deaths, was justified or not; and (v) the measures, long- and short-term, which are required to be taken by the Administration to avoid recurrence of such incidents, to secure communal harmony and also to suggest improvements in the law and order machinery. 10. Regarding the alleged police inaction, partiality etc. during the riots, the facts will come out during the inquiry report. In the meantime the Bombay Police Commissionerate has been completely reorganized dividing the city in four regions, each headed by one Additional Police Commissioner. Three posts of Joint Commissioners of Police in the rank of IGP have been created. One Joint Commissioner of Police each looks after administration, crime and law and order, respectively. The Special Branch and the Crime Branch have also been reorganized and additional posts of officers and men have been sanctioned. 11. The Government has disbursed an amount of about Rs. 14 crores to the next of kin of persons who have been killed and an amount of Rs. 97 lakhs has been disbursed to the injured persons so far. The latest position of the number of houses/huts etc. damaged and the disbursement of assistance is: Number of houses/huts/shops/ stalls/handcarts affected Houses Huts Shops/stalls Handcarts 774 23 370 5 544 496 Number of houses/huts/shops/ stalls/handcarts for which assistance has been disbursed 668 23 369 5 523 356 12. Thus at every stage the Government of India has demonstrated the will and the capacity to take remedial steps, as well as protective and rehabilitation measures, in respect of persons belonging to minorities in India and to restore amity and harmony among all communities.