Former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler being produced in court docket.
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A Delhi court docket on Friday recorded the assertion of former Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Administration Committee (DSGMC) president Manjit Singh G.Ok. in reference to a case of homicide through the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, wherein former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler is an accused.

The riots passed off following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, which left 1000’s of individuals, largely Sikhs, lifeless throughout India.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had investigated the case and filed a chargesheet in Could 2023. The company had accused Mr. Tytler of instigating the mob close to a gurdwara at Pul Bangash, which resulted within the deaths of three individuals — Sardar Thakur Singh, Badal Singh, and Gurcharan Singh. The court docket framed fees of homicide and different offences towards the previous Congress MP on September 13 final yr.

In his submissions earlier than particular decide Jitendra Singh, the previous DSGMC chief mentioned he had acquired a pen drive in 2018, which had a purported recording of Mr. Tytler confessing to his function within the riots. Mr. Manjit Singh mentioned he had submitted the machine to the CBI. The court docket had earlier recorded the assertion of Lakhvinder Kaur, the widow of Badal Singh. A periods court docket had in 2023 granted anticipatory bail to Mr. Tytler within the case on a private bond of ₹1 lakh and a surety of the like quantity.

The following date of listening to within the matter is April 21.

Near 400 individuals in 27 instances have been convicted in numerous instances pertaining to the anti-Sikh riots. Of them, about 50 individuals, together with former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, have been convicted of homicide.