Jagdish Tytler said on Thursday that the CBI's clean chit to him once again proved "his innocence" in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Protesting against CBI's clean chit to Tytler, leaders of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) protested in front of AICC head quarters as well as in front of Sonia Gandhi's residence. They were later detained by the police after their protest turned violent in the national capital.

Tytler was later quoted as saying that the, "truth has come out once again. I was given clean chit earlier also. But a political conspiracy was hatched against me. I am happy that truth has again come out. I am innocent."

Tytler also blamed the media for keeping the "issue alive". The CBI told a Delhi court on Thursday that it wants to close the probe against Tytler in an anti-Sikh riots case.

The investigating agency in 2007 too had asked the court for permission to close the case arguing that it did not have sufficient evidence to proceed. However, the court had rejected the CBI plea.

The case against Tytler relates to an incident on November one, 1984, when a mob had set afire Gurudwara Pulbangash killing three persons in the riots that had broken out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Tytler said, "It is the media which has been keeping the issue alive. I am happy today that truth has prevailed. I will fight the election and I am hundred per cent sure that I will get the votes of all sections of the society."

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