New Delhi: The CBI has virtually given a clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, saying it has ‘no evidence’ or ‘witness’ to establish his complicity in the riots.
In an affidavit filed before the Karkardooma court in New Delhi on Thursday, the CBI said: “We don’t have any evidence or witness to file a case against Jagdish Tytler.”
This echoes the government’s stand that Tytler cannot be prosecuted due to insufficient concrete evidence.
The Nanavati Commission had stated that there was ‘credible evidence’ against Tytler, and that he ‘very probably’ was one of those responsible for orchestrating the attacks. Tytler had responded that the evidence in question was unreliable because it was a matter of mistaken identity.
Meanwhile, the main witness in the case, Jasbir Singh, is untraceable. Singh had earlier given statements to various media about Tytler’s involvement in the 1984 riots in Delhi.
A section of the media has raised concerns about his family security and has also stated that Singh is willing to testify.
The court has instructed the Delhi Gurudwara Sikh Prabandhak Committee to give the whereabouts of Jasbir Singh, so that a notice can be despatched to him.
Tytler had not been named by any of the eight earlier inquiry commissions.
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