The Gujarat government has extended the term of the Nanavati Commission, probing the 2002 riots in Ahmedabad, till December 31, 2011.

The term of the Commission comprising retd Justices G T Nanavati and Akshay Mehta that was extended in December last was to get over on June 30. Officials of the Nanavati Commission said that they received the extension letter from the state government few days ago.

It is the 16th time that the tenure of the panel has been extended. The Commission is presently in the process of recording the statement of IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt.

The Commission has already probed 4,145 cases which took place between February 27, 2002 and May 31, 2002.