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‘Something fishy in CBI delay over Tytler case’: SGPC Chief

The SGPC and SAD had earlier criticised the investigating agency for allegedly going soft on Congress leaders during the UPA rule.

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The Shiromani Gurudwara Parbhandak Committee (SGPC) chief Avtar Singh Makkar has questioned the commitment of the CBI in probing alleged role of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

“The delay in submitting report against Tytler shows that something is fishy,” he said. “The Ministry of Home Affairs should question the CBI for its casual approach in the case against Tytler. The court should also ask the CBI for the reason behind delay in submitting report. The wounds of Sikhs will remain open until guilty behind 84 riots are punished,” Said Makkar.

The SGPC and SAD had earlier criticised the investigating agency for allegedly going soft on Congress leaders during the UPA rule. They had expressed confidence when the NDA took over in 2014.

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A Delhi special court, on Monday, gave the CBI two months to complete the probe against Tytler.

The CBI prosecutor had filed a status report of the ongoing probe and sought more time to file the final report. Senior advocate H S Phoolka who represented the riot victims in the case said that it was a delaying tactic.

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The case against Tytler pertains to the riots at Gurdwara Pulbangash in north Delhi where three people were killed on November 1, 1984. The court’s order had come on a protest petition filed by complainant Lakhvinder Kaur, whose husband Badal Singh was killed in the violence.

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