Jagdish Tytler

The Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on Friday ordered the CBI to frame charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

During the investigation, sufficient evidence emerged that the accused Jagdish Tytler was part of the unlawful assembly that had gathered near Gurudwara Pul Bangra on 1st November, 1984. The mob was instigated to kill the Sikhs.

Jagdish Tytler was granted anticipatory bail on ₹1 lakh bail bond in the Pul Bangash killings of November 1, 1984.

A special MP-MLA court on Thursday listed the matter related to the supplementary charge sheet against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler for a hearing on June 30.

CBI summoned former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler to question him in a case related to a fire that took place at Delhi’s Pul Bangash Gurudwara during the 1984 Sikh riots

Jagdish Tytler is accused of leading a mob against Sikh community in 1984 riots that broke out following assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.

Several Congress leaders accused of leading violent mobs during the anti-Sikh pogrom in 1984 saw their political fortunes grow in its aftermath.

Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was accused of a direct role in instigating anti-Sikh riots in India in 1984.

Despite public calls to cut relations with Jagdish Tytler, Congress has frequently accommodated him on public platforms.

The inclusion of the name of Jagdish Tytler MCD poll panel does not come as a surprise considering Congress' policy of patronising the accused of the anti-Sikh riots