1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court docket to listen to case in opposition to Tytler on Dec 9

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ByPress Belief of India, New Delhi

Dec 02, 2024 10:51 PM IST

The case is linked to the killings of three Sikhs at Gurdwara Pul Bangash within the nationwide capital in 1984

A Delhi court docket on Monday fastened December 9 for recording of statements of two former police officers as witnesses in a 1984-anti Sikh riots case in opposition to Congress chief Jagdish Tytler.

The court docket framed fees of homicide and different offences in opposition to Tytler on September 13. (HT File)

Particular Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decide Jitendra Singh deferred the listening to after being knowledgeable that the witnesses weren’t able to depose on Monday.

The decide on November 23 summoned the witnesses — Ravi Sharma and Dharam Chand.

“It is submitted by the public prosecutor for the CBI that the witnesses, who are present in the court, have stated to him that they are not in a position to depose today… As the witnesses are not being examined by the prosecution today, the matter stands adjourned,” the decide stated, posting the case on December 9.

Tytler appeared earlier than the court docket in individual.

The case is linked to the killings of three Sikhs at Gurdwara Pul Bangash within the nationwide capital in 1984.

The decide on November 12 concluded recording the assertion of Lakhvinder Kaur, the widow of Badal Singh, who was killed by a mob at Gurdwara Pul Bangash in the course of the riots.

The court docket framed fees of homicide and different offences in opposition to Tytler on September 13.

A witness claimed that Tytler got here out of a white automobile in entrance of the gurdwara on November 1, 1984, and instigated a mob in opposition to the Sikhs resulting in the “murder” of three individuals.

A classes court docket in 2023 granted anticipatory bail to Tytler within the case on a private bond of ₹1 lakh and a surety of like quantity.

Tytler was directed to not tamper with the proof within the case or go away the nation with out the court docket’s permission, amongst different situations.

The company invoked fees beneath Sections 147 (rioting), 109 (abetment) learn with 302 (homicide) of the IPC, amongst others, in opposition to him.