Senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Monday said the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case against him has been re-investigated by the CBI, which has filed a closure report before the court.
Shortly after a Delhi Court directed the CBI to re-investigate a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case involving him, former union minister and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Tuesday expressed doubts over the veracity of the affidavit of a witness, who has expressed his desire to assist the investigating agency.
Forty civil rights activists, including writers and journalists, issued an appeal to boycott the award ceremony slated at India Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi on Saturday, expressing shock at the honour being bestowed to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, an accused in the anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Monday termed as 'baseless' reports of his or his son's alleged business links with arms dealer Abhishek Verma and alleged they were aimed at tarnishing his political image.
The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday said that the CBI clean chit to former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case has 'shaken the faith of the common man' and 'exposed the hypocrisy of Congress'.
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed All India Congress Committee secretary Mehboob Ali Kaiser as the new Bihar Pradesh Congress chief, replacing former Member of Parliament Jagdish Tytler.
S S Ahluwalia, chief whip of the Bhartiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha, has accused the Central Bureau of Investigation of giving a clean chit to Lok Sabha member and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, for his alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots, as the investigating agency had its own motives in doing so.
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Thursday moved the Delhi high court against the trial court's order for reopening of the investigation against him in a 29-year-old anti-Sikh riots case, in which three people were killed. Tytler has challenged the trial court order, which set aside the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report, giving him a clean chit in the case. The appeal is likely to be listed on Friday for hearing.
"No, I was not present in the court when the judgement was delivered. I came to know about it only through television reportage. I am relieved that the falsehood of the case has finally been nailed. I have always maintained it was a case foisted upon me to harass me. I do plan to visit important gurdwaras as thanks giving, said Tytler, who had a reason to smile for a change.
A Delhi court has sought response from Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on a plea by a lawyer fighting for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims that the former Union minister should be prosecuted for criminal intimidation for allegedly threatening to "liquidate" him on a TV show.
The court has now fixed the case for July 30 for filing of protest petition against CBI's third closure report giving clean chit to Tytler in the case.
Bhai Surinder Singh, head 'granthi' of Majnu-Ka-Tila gurdwara in north Delhi, also alleged that Tytler was 'plotting' to eliminate him after his ruse to send him abroad did not work.
Speaking to Rajdeep Sardesai, Tytler denies political interference in the case and says he will wait for a clean chit before accepting any responsibility in the government.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded action against Union Minister Jagdish Tytler on the basis of the Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought permission to prosecute Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Home Minister P Chidambaram said. The CBI has completed the investigation and re-investigation of seven cases against Tytler, Kumar and late Dharam Das Shastri, Chidambaram informed the Rajya Sabha. The home minister was responding to a Calling Attention motion to punish the guilty involved in the anti-Sikh riots.
Akali Dal, the Left and the BJP walked out in protest.
A Delhi court on Thursday deferred till April 28 the hearing in the Jagdish Tytler case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler termed as a 'total lie' the allegations of some 40 civil right activists that he was actively involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
If the credibility of our criminal justice system has to be restored and if we have to win the confidence of the Sikh community, it is important that further investigation against Jagdish Tytler be done in a time-bound manner by a special investigation team which reports directly to the court, says B Raman
The Central Bureau of Investigation feels the two witnesses examined by its team in the United States in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots were not credible enough and failed to give any proof linking former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler to the rioters.
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who has been chargesheeted by CBI along with controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma in a forgery case, was issued summons as an accused by a Delhi court asking him to appear on September 30.
In a reprieve to Jagdish Tytler, a court in New Delhi let off the Congress leader in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Tuesday after accepting the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report giving clean chit to him.
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, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday asked why Jagdish Tytler was being "spared" and demanded time-bound trial against the accused.
The government expects non-resident Indians to pump in about $500 billion into the burgeoning forex reserves of the country in the next 10 years, making them the single largest source of foreign receipts.
A 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim alleged before a Delhi court that the Central Bureau of Investigation had discredited the witnesses in the case in order to "shield" former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler."The CBI failed once again. Whatever they did, it was only to shield the accused. Instead of protecting the witnesses, they started with the premise that they were not reliable," advocate Rebecca M John told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Pandit.
G T Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has said that there was "credible evidence" against now Union Minister Jagdish Tytler that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs.
G T Nanavati Commission, which probed the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has said that there was "credible evidence" against now Union Minister Jagdish Tytler that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on Sikhs.
In the wake of procedural delays in granting visas to Persons of Indian Origin intending to visit India, the government is considering the option of providing them 'visa-on-arrival'.
A Delhi Court today dismissed the plea of CBI that a Metropolitan Magistrate cannot decide on the agency's closure report giving clean chit to former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 Sikh riots' case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, on Tuesday, cited statements of witnesses, including an eye-witness Surinder Singh, to a local court in an attempt to justify its closure report in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former union minister Jagdish Tytler.
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
The agency had earlier given a clean chit to the Congress leader in the case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday informed a Delhi court that it wanted to close the investigation into a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case allegedly involving former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. The court has now fixed the matter for April 9.
A city court hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case involving Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Wednesday pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation for failing to file a status report on the re-investigation ordered into the case. Taking exception to the investigating agency's failure to file a report, the court asked it to file it within a week.
A 29-year-old anti-Sikh riots case came back to haunt senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler with a Delhi court on Wednesday setting aside the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report giving clean chit to him and ordering reopening of investigation into the killing of three persons.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday filed its final investigation report before a Delhi Court into a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case allegedly involving former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler.
Appearing for the CBI, additional solicitor general P P Malhotra told Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Singh had never appeared before the agency to prove his credentials, so it would be difficult to record his statement through video conferencing.
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