Ready to examine Jagdish Tytler case afresh: CBI

DELHI, India-Central Bureau of Investigation has motioned a petition in Court seeking permission to re-investigate the alleged role of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in assassinating innocent Sikhs during Sikh genocide of November, 1984. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate SPS Laler had reserved its order on October 30 after hearing arguments of counsel for CBI and the riots victim on the issue of whether to accept the closure report.

Lakhvinder Kaur filed a petition through senior advocate HS Phoolka asking the court to investigate the case and take action against Mr Tytler on charges that he influenced witnesses and was involved in money laundering. “It is respectfully submitted that if the applicant (complainant) provides (details of) the material witnesses in the interest of justice in the present matter, then the CBI is ready to take up further investigation on the additional evidence”, it said.

Lakhvinder Kaur had sought deferment of the case to enable her to furnish reliable information relating to material witnesses – Resham Singh, Chanchal Singh, Alam Singh, Jasbir Singh, Santosh Singh and Narender Singh – who have been quoted in the CBI’s final report.

Based on Akali’s claim, CBI told the court on Tuesday that they are willing to re-investigate the case if their addresses were made available.

The court has fixed December 3 to decide on the closure report and other applications filed in the case.

Earlier, the agency gave a clean chit to the Congress leader twice.

“In July, we filed the protest petition and we talked about the tackle and the small print of the witnesses in a sealed cowl and filed it within the courtroom”. In April 2013, a sessions court rejected the closure report and ordered the agency to further investigate the gurdwara attack. The main case pertains to riots at Gurudwara Pulbangash in north Delhi where three people were killed on November 1, 1984, a day after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

In September, the CBI had said it could not implicate an “innocent” man and defended its clean chit to Mr Tytler.