Enraged Sikh leaders protest against Tytler

Congress leader and party candidate from North-East Delhi Jagdish Tytler said that the CBI's clean chit to him once again proved 'his innocence' in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

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.”

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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.”

Akali leaders arrested

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SAD leaders Onkar Singh Thapar,Manjeet Singh GK and Avtar Singh Hit were among those who were detained in the Tughlaq Road police station.

The demonstrators burnt effigies of Tytler and Sajjan Kumar in front of the AICC headquarters and raised slogans against Congress for nominating them for Lok Sabha seats in Delhi.

They alleged that the two Congress leaders were involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and their nomination should be withdrawn to respect the sentiments of Sikh community.

The police had to resort to water canon to prevent the protesters from entering the Congress headquarters.

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Thapar charged that by giving tickets to them,Congress has ignored suffering the Sikh community underwent during the riots when several people were killed and left homeless.

“Sikh community considers Congress as a secular party but the nomination of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler has deeply hurt them,” Mohan Singh,president of the All India Riots Victim Society,said.

Meanwhile,CBI gave a clean chit to Tytler in the case and informed a Delhi court that it wanted to close the matter.

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