The Rouse Avenue court on Monday asked the counsel for Congress leader Jagdish Tytler to file a list of FIRs lodged by Delhi Police and CBI in Pul Bangash Sikh riots and the outcome of the Investigation and trials thereof. Jagdish Tytler appeared through video conferencing (VC).
The CBI filed a supplementary charge sheet against former congress MP Jagdish Tytler in May this year. This case pertains to the alleged killings of three Sikhs in the Pul Bangash area in 1984.
The Principal and District judge of Rouse Avenue court on Monday assigned the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots case to the court of sessions for further proceedings.
On the last hearing on August 5, there was a huge protest was organised by the people of the Sikh community against Jagdish Tytler. Thereafter, he through his counsel had requested to appear through VC.
The chargesheet further stated that Jagdish Tytler on November 1, 1984, instigated the mob which resulted in Gurudwara Pul Bangash being set on fire by the mob and the killing of three persons belonging to the Sikh community and also promoted enmity between different religious groups.
In its, chargesheet, the central agency said that according to the eyewitness, the Congress leader came out of his white ambassador car and started instigating the mob.
While the proceeding was going on in the court, Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) staged a sit-in protest outside the Court against its decision of granting bail to Tytler and raised slogans against him.
A minor scuffle also erupted between members of the DSGMC and Delhi Police outside Rouse Avenue Court leading to Delhi Police closing the entry gate of the courtroom due to security reasons. Tytler early today arrived at the Rouse Avenue Court in connection with a case related to anti-Sikh r
The Sessions Court of Rouse Avenue Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the case of killings in the Pul Bangash area in 1984.