NEW DELHI; Decks have been Cleared for registration of cases against Congress leaders H.K.L Bhagat, Sajjan Kumar and senior police officials for their alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots of November 1984, in the Capital.
According to Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana, Lt Governor P.K. Dave has directed the Home Secretary to ensure that Delhi Police acts on 21 cases, recommended by the Jain-Agarwal committee, one of the many to probe the Delhi riots which followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination.
DPCC president Bhagat and Outer Delhi MP Sajjan Kumar are among those who find mention in the 21 cases kept pending with Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) all these years.
The Jain-Agarwal committee, which was prematurely wound up, had identified certain police officials who had tampered with official records or deliberately conducted faulty investigations to help the accused.
Chief Minister Khurana told journalists here, on April 22, that Lt Governor Dave had ordered the Home Secretary to direct Delhi police to register cases recommended by the Jain-Agarwal panel. Khurana said he had earlier discussed the matter in detail with Dave.
“The CBI role in the matter has been shocking. They have not even bothered to prepare files.
Bundles of documents have been kept aside all these years: It is obvious CBI was under pressure not to act… It speaks volumes of the callousness with which this issue has been treated.
The Delhi Administration will not oppose granting of built to Congress Parliamentarian Sajjan Kumar, in a criminal case alleging his complicity in November 1984 riots, If he appears before the metropolitan magistrate.
Sajjan Kumar represents the outer Delhi constituency in the Lok Sabba (Lower House).
Kumar has challenged the summons in a revision petition moved before the high court Kumar’s counsel, LU. Khan contended that his client was being dragged into the case for malicious and mala fide reasons.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 22, 1994
