The bjp on monday filed a complaint with the delhi police against senior congress leader jagdish tytler in connection with the 1984 anti sikh riots. The court held that the mass killings in delhi and elsewhere in november 1984 were crimes against humanity. The 1984 antisikh riots are in the news with the conviction of congress leader sajjan kumar in a case tied to the riots. A senior politician from indias congress party has been jailed for life in the most significant conviction to date over the 1984 antisikh riots. The 1984 antisikh riots history and aftermath deccan. Centre files status report in sc the court had also asked the centre to apprise it about the steps taken in the matter within four weeks after the government had said that the sits work is in progress. The 1984 anti sikh rio ts, also known as the 1984 s ikh massacre, was a series of organised pogroms agai nst s ikhs in india in response to the assassination of indira gandhi by her sikh bodyguards.
Rioters were also provided with free transportation from their locality in the. The 1984 delhi antisikh pogrom refers to a fourday pogrom that took place in various. Dhingra, which has probed 186 cases of the 1984 anti sikh riots, said the delhi police clubbed 498 complaints rioting, arson, looting, burning, causing injuries and murders under an omnibus fir first information report, and just one investigating officer was assigned to this case. Soldiers were ordered to shoot rioters on sight in new delhi and five other cities. On 12 august 2005, manmohan singh apologised in the lok sabha for 1984 anti sikh riots. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The ruling indian national congress had been in active complicity with the mob, as to the organisati on of the riots. Over 3,000 people were killed in the 1984 anti sikh riots and even after 34 years, justice is awaited. On october 31 1984, the then prime minister indira gandhi was assassinated by her sikh bodyguards as a revenge. Most of the sikh community was angered by the damage caused by the armys assault on the golden temple. Click download or read online button to get 1984 the anti sikh riots and after book now. The special investigation team sit headed by retired delhi high court judge justice s. The antisikh pogrom of october 31 to november 4, 1984, in new.
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