Delhi Court reopens 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Jagdish Tytler -Wednesday April 10,2013

A Delhi court on Wednesday April 10,2013 ordered reopening of a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler setting aside the trial court order accepting a CBI closure report giving him a clean chit.

Tytler was among the three prominent leaders named in the reports on the anti-Sikh riots. The other two leaders named were Sajjan Kumar and the late H K L Bhagat

Note

• The 1984 riots had claimed the lives of more than 3,000 Sikhs. The riots were triggered following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, by her two Sikh bodyguards at her residence.

• The Government of India had reported 2,700 deaths in the riots. It further said that 20,000 people had fled the city following the riots