The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the CBI probe against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.The court also declined to entertain his plea for an early hearing of his appeal against the trial court’s order for investigation.
Justice VP Vaish not only refused to stay the CBI court order, but also rejected Tytler’s plea for fixing his appeal for hearing in March considering the elections and fixed the hearing for April 17.
On April 10 last year, a trial court had ordered that the case be reopened against Tytler and also set aside the CBI closure report which gave the Delhi Congress leader a clean chit on the ground that there was “no evidence” against him.
The trial court’s order had come on a plea filed by riot victim lakhwinder Kaur who sought a further probe into the killing of three persons near Gurdwara Pul Bangash in old Delhi.
Tytler is accused of instigating a mob that led to the murder of three men who had taken shelter at the Gurdwara on November 1, 1984. The mob attack was part of violence against Sikhs after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.
Three men Badal Singh, Thakur Singh and Gurcharan Singh were killed near Gurdwara Pul Bangash. Tytler’s role in the killing of the three men was re-investigated by CBI after a court had in December 2007 refused to accept the agency’s closure report.