Congress leader Jagdish Tytler
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A Delhi court is likely to pass an order on August 30 on whether to frame charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the killing of three persons in Pul Bangash during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special CBI judge Rakesh Siyal reserved the order on Friday after receiving some clarifications from the parties.
The judge said, “No further explanation is required. I am reserving the order for August 30.” In its chargesheet filed in May 2023, the CBI had accused Tytler, a former Union minister, of instigating and inciting a mob that had gathered near the Pul Bangash gurdwara on November 1, 1984. Citing a witness, it claimed Tytler got out of a white Ambassador car in front of the gurdwara and instigated the mob.
He is alleged to have shouted, “Kill the Sikhs, they have killed our mother!” a day after an angry mob killed three people over the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. A sessions court had granted anticipatory bail to Tytler in the case in August last year on a personal bond of Rs one lakh and a surety of the like amount. The central probe agency has filed charges against Tytler under sections 147 (rioting), 109 (incitement) read with 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
