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| 1984 anti-Sikh riots: |
| 1984 anti-Sikh riots: the silence of the police station diaries
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| INDIA
, 8-February-2014
1:30:46 AM |
| With the debate on 1984 riots reignited, the focus is on how Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was acquitted in a major riots case where he was accused of inciting a mob that led to violence. A key factor in his acquittal was the testimony of a police constable from the local station who contradicted witnesses, saying Sajjan never visited that area.
But serious questions have been raised on the testimony of the constable, given that the station records of the police station to which the constable belonged, is absolutely silent on the mayhem that was raging. (Watch)
Between 1st and 2nd November 1984, on the worst days of violence, three independent witnesses from Raj Nagar in Delhi Cantonment area, who saw their family members being murdered, claimed to have seen Sajjan Kumar make inflammatory speeches.
One of them was Jagsher Singh, who was 17 years old at that time. He claims to have seen Sajjan Kumar, then the Congress MP from outer Delhi, pull up on his car on the night of November 1, and tell his supporters why they haven't followed his instructions to kill more Sikhs.
Two others, Nirpreet Singh, who lost her father, and Jagdish Kaur, who lost her son and husband, also said they saw Sajjan.
These statements became the basis of a CBI chargesheet against Sajjan, which the agency claimed, was their strongest case in the 1984 riots
And yet, in a verdict that sparked anger, the court chose to acquit Sajjan Kumar in this case last year, finding the testimonies unreliable.
Instead, the court relied on statements made by police constable from the Delhi Cantonment police station, Chajju Ram, that he never saw Sajjan Kumar visit the area.
This is the same constable who goes on to say in his statement that "when I was on patrolling duty I did not notice any burnt house, or dead body."
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