1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Accused Jagdish Tytler To Be Tried In MP-MLA Court

A Delhi court has granted sanction for the prosecution of Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in a special court.

A Delhi court has granted sanction for the prosecution of Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, in a special court.

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A Delhi court has transferred the supplementary chargesheet against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler along with the sanction for his prosecution in a Special MP-MLA court. The court will hear the matter on June 8. In April, Tytler appeared before the CBI and gave samples of his voice in connection with the case for the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to examine. 

"I am ready to get hanged...if there is a single evidence against me," Tytler had said while leaving the laboratory.

Tytler is accused of leading a mob in the 1984 Pul Bangash case in which three Sikhs were killed. The CBI had given a clean chit to the Congress leader in the case but re-opened the investigation following a December 4, 2015 order. Over the past few years, the Congress party had distanced itself from Tytler as he faced legal trouble related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards that left thousands dead in sectarian violence.

Remain With Congress Till Last Breath, Says Jagdish Tytler

Jagdish Tytler had said he will remain with the Congress party till his last breath as the party faced backlash over the news of him joing the Bharat Jodo Yatra. T

“Is there any FIR (in 1984 anti-Sikh riots ) against me? CBI has also given me clearance. Some are only doing politics...Yes, will join the (Bharat Jodo Yatra), and I will be with the party until my last breath,” he said, reported ANI. 

The Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari on September 7 and culminated with Gandhi unfurling the national flag at the party headquarters in Srinagar and addressing a grand rally. The yatra saw different personalities joining the footmarch from different parts of the country. Apart from politicians, film stars and others also joined Rahul Gandhi in the march.