The Central Bureau of Investigation’s charge sheet against Congress politician Jagdish Tytler, submitted on May 20, claims that he encouraged the mob to murder Sikhs close to Gurudwara Pul Bangash in Delhi. In connection with the 39-year-old anti-Sikh riots case, Mr. Tytler has been accused of murder.
The CBI stated, “Tytler provoked the mob to kill the Sikhs, which resulted in Gurudwara Pul Bangash being set on fire by the mob and killing three persons belonging to the Sikh community on 1.11.1984,” adding that he incited the mob, which burned Gurudwara Pul Bangash and killed Thakur Singh and Badal Singh.
The Congress leader was allegedly seen getting out of his car and provoking the mob, according to a witness cited in the CBI charge sheet.
“She watched as a mob ransacked her store, but she made the decision to head back as soon as she could. The accused Jagdish Tytler emerged from a white Ambassador automobile as she was making her way back down the Main Road near the Gurdwara Pul Bangash. The crowd was incited by the accused Jagdish Tytler to kill Sikhs before engaging in looting.
After witnessing this, she left her home and sought refuge in the home of her neighbor. There, she saw the bodies of Shri Badel Singh and Shri Gorcharan Singh (a husband of hers’ employee who had spent the night of October 31 at their home) being thrown from the neighbor’s roof, carried on a wooden cart with tyres, and then set ablaze using the tyres. Additionally, she witnessed the mob setting fire to the Gurudwara Pul Bangash, it was claimed.
Another eyewitness who witnessed the mob brandishing sticks, swords, and petrol canisters is mentioned. He added that the Congress leader was encouraging the mob to attack the Gurudwara and that Jagdish Tytler, who was then a member of parliament, was also there in front of Gurudwara Pul Bangash.
“When the other passengers in the bus noticed this, they encouraged him to take off his turban and return home. The charge sheet added that he quickly halted an auto rickshaw that was headed in his direction and got inside it before returning home.
Another witness account was quoted from an affidavit submitted to the Justice Nanavati Commission of Inquiry in 2000, according to which the witness claimed he saw a group of men gathered near the TB Hospital Gate (Delhi) when the accused Jagdish Tytler arrived in a car and came out to chastise them for not carrying out his orders faithfully.
“Accused Jagdish Tytler further claimed that his standing had been severely damaged and diminished in the eyes of top officials. According to this affidavit, accused Jagdish Tytler told the individuals present that only minimal Sikh killings had occurred in his constituency in comparison to East Delhi, Outer Delhi, Cantt, etc. Mr. Tytler also reportedly claimed that he had promised to kill Sikhs on a large scale and requested full protection, but “you have betrayed me and let me down.”
The charge against the accused Jagdish reads, “Instigated, incited, provoked the mob to kill the Sikhs which resulted in the Gurudwara being set on fire by the mob and killing of three persons belonging to the Sikh community and also promoted enmity between different religious groups.” The accused was a part of the illegal assembly that had gathered near Gurudawara Pul Baangash on November 1, 1984, violating the prohibitory orders.
In the case involving the Pul Bangash killings, Jagdish Tytler was granted anticipatory bail by a Delhi court on Friday.
Members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) protested today in front of the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi, where Mr. Tytler showed up after receiving a summons.
The investigation agency had gathered voice samples of Mr. Tytler last month in relation to the unrest in the Pul Bangash area.
In the Nanavati Commission report that examined the disturbances, he was mentioned.
However, Mr. Tytler has asserted that there is not even a “single piece of evidence” against him.
What did I just do? I’m ready to hang myself if there is proof against me.As he was leaving the CBI’s forensics lab, where his voice samples were taken, he had reportedly claimed, “It wasn’t related to the 1984 riots case for which they needed my voice (sample), but another matter.
After her divisive “Operation Blue Star” provoked violence against the Sikh community in the nation, the then-prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984. The riots claimed the lives of at least 3,000 individuals. 8,000 people, including at least 3,000 in Delhi, are estimated by unaffiliated sources. The Central Bureau of Investigation cleared Mr. Tytler three times, but the court had ordered the agency to look into the case further.
