New Delhi: In the wake of Delhi Lieutenant
Governor`s Office granting sanction to CBI for prosecution of
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case,
BJP today asked why Jagdish Tytler was being "spared" and
demanded time-bound trial against the accused.
"What about Jagdish Tytler (another Congress leader
accused in the riots)? Why is he not being prosecuted? And why
was there so much delay?" BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad
said reacting to the Lt Governor`s move.
Both Kumar and Tytler were earlier accused of encouraging
mobs to attacks Sikhs after the assassination of then Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 by her bodyguards.
CBI had filed a closure report in court in connection
with Tytler`s case, saying that no evidence was found against
him.
"The people of India want justice in the heinous crimes
committed against innocent Sikhs who were killed and had to
face atrocities. The guilty should be prosecuted immediately
and in a time-bound trial," Prasad said.
PTI
