None of Pending Anti-Sikh Riots Cases against Tytler: Govt

In connection with 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, the central government has said that four cases are pending with the competent authority for sanction of prosecution and these don’t relate to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.

In a press statement, the Union Home Ministry said that Home Minister P Chidambaram had referred to the sole case against Tytler in his statement in response to a Calling Attention Motion in Rajya Sabha yesterday.

“In one case after completion of investigation, charge-sheet was filed in the court on September 28, 2007 and final report, under Section 173 of the CrPC, was filed in the court on March 28, 2009, which is under consideration of the court,” the statement said.

The other cases don’t pertain to Tytler, said the Ministry statement.

“In his statement as well as the clarifications, the minister had said that four cases are pending with the competent authority for sanction of prosecution. These cases do not relate to Jagdish Tytler and, in fact, no reference was made to Jagdish Tytler while referring to these four cases,” the ministry statement said.