Thirty-seven years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the National Commission for Minorities on Friday issued notices to nine states including Jharkhand over delay in providing compensation and justice to victims and their families.

Taking cognizance of several representations made to the Commission regarding laxity on the part of the State Governments, NCM President Iqbal Singh Lalpura today issued notices to Delhi, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar. , Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh asked them to submit a report providing information and details to the Commission about the compensation provided so far to the families of the victims and the action taken against the perpetrators in every registered case of riots.

President of All India Sikh Students Federation Satnam Singh Gambhir said that "we welcome the notice to the Jharkhand government by the National Commission for Minorities. At Jharkhand a one member Commission was formed but step was taken to provide relief to the victims.

The 1984 anti-Sikh riots is a black spot in the country's history, in which thousands of innocent persons from the Sikh community were brutally massacred, displaced and physically, emotionally and financially destroyed. Although several relief packages were announced by the Government of India and State Governments, there are instances where the announced relief measures have not reached those families. Even though 37 years have elapsed since the riots that started on October 31, 1984, matters are still pending.