New Delhi, Nov 25: The Nanavati Commission probing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has issued notices to 25 persons including senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler and Delhi Police Joint Commissioner U K Katna asking them to produce evidence in their defence. Justice G T Nanavati issued notices to them under Section 8-B of the Commission of inquiry act asking them to reply by December 8 as their reputation was likely to be "prejudicially affected" by the inquiry report. The notices were issued to those persons and police officials against whom the witnesses from north and West Delhi gave evidence on record, Commission's Official A K Chaturvedi said. The witnesses have alleged that Tytler and Kumar had led and instigated the mob in killing and destroying the property of Sikhs while Katna has been accused of dereliction of duty as the DCP (West) during the riots. The other Congress leaders who have been asked to respond to the notice are Ram Chandra Nagoria, Ram Lal, Tarvinder Singh Bedi, Hardwari Lal, Brhamanand Gupta and Nathu Pradhan.


The notices were also issued to then ACP (North) R S Mallik and SHO Mongolpuri R S Dahiya, who is now posted as ACP (Crime).

The Commission has already completed the recording of of evidence and is supposed to issue notices to all those persons whose reputation, in its opinion, was likely to be prejudicially affected by the inquiry.


Bureau Report