"The commission yesterday recorded the statements of then District Magistrate of Saharanpur, A K Singh and then Sub Divisional Magistrate of Khatoli, Narendra Singh" Circle Officer of Budhana, Shailendra Lal said.
The commission will record statements up to January 21 and summon several officers who were serving during the riots, he added.
The one-member judicial inquiry commission of Justice (retd) Vishnu Sahai, former Judge of Allahabad High Court, was constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government in September 13 to probe the Muzaffarnagar violence.