Congress’s Jagdish Tytler Charged With Murder By CBI In 1984 Riots Case
New Delhi:
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler instigated the mob to kill Sikhs near Gurudwara Pul Bangash in Delhi, the Central Bureau of Investigation said today in its charge sheet against him. Mr Tytler has been charged with murder in the 1984 Sikh riots case.
“Tytler provoked the mob to kill the Sikhs which resulted in Gurudwara Pul Bangash being set on fire by the mob and killing of three persons belonging to Sikh community on 1.11.1984,” the CBI said, adding that he incited the mob, which burnt Gurudwara Pul Bangash and killed Thakur Singh and Badal Singh.
The CBI charge sheet quotes a witness saying she saw the Congress leader getting out of his car and instigating the mob.
“She witnessed a mob looting her shop, but she decided to return hack as early as possible. While on her way back, on the Main Road close to the Gurdwara Pul Bangash, she saw a white Ambassador car from which accused Jagdish Tytler came out. Accused Jagdish Tytler instigated the mob to first kill Sikhs and then engage in looting. After seeing this, she returned to her house and thereafter took shelter in the house of her neighbour, where she witnessed the bodies of Shri Badel Singh and Shri Gorcharan Singh (an employee of her husband who had stayed at their house in the night of 31.10.1984) being thrown from the roof of neighbour’s house and then carried on wooden-cart along with tyres, and then these bodies were burnt using the tyres. She also saw the Gurudwara Pul Bangash being set on lire by the mob,” it said.
It mentions another witness who saw a mob carrying petrol canisters, sticks, swords, and rods. Jagdish Tytler, who was then Member of Parliament, was also present in front of the Gurudwara Pul Bangash, he said, adding the Congress leader was instigating the mob to attack the Gurudwara.
“Alter seeing this, the passengers in the bus advised him to remove his turban and get back to his home. He hurriedly stopped an auto rickshaw which was going in the direction of his home and in that auto rickshaw he returned to his home,” the charge sheet stated.
