1984 Sikh Riots / 'Kill our mother, kill Sikhs' - witness claims on Tytler

1984 Sikh Riots: A witness has made a big claim about Congress leader and former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler, accused of the 1984 Sikh riots. The witness claims that Jagdish Tytler incited the mob to kill Sikhs during the riots. The witness said that Jagdish Tytler, who got down from the car in front of Gurudwara Pul Bangash, shouted to the crowd to kill the Sikhs, they have killed our mother.

In the charge sheet filed against Tytler, the witness has claimed that three Sikhs were killed in the Gurdwara premises following this provocation by Tytler. Tytler on Saturday appeared before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

You kill Sikhs - witness claims on Tytler

According to news agency PTI, the witness has claimed in his statement that Tytler shouted angrily to his supporters, "I told you that no harm would come to you." You kill Sikhs, yet very few Sikhs were killed. I am feeling ashamed. Compared to East Delhi and North Delhi, my constituencies have witnessed nominal murders." The witness said that after saying this, Tytler left the place in anger.

The crowd turned violent after Tytler - witnesses

At the same time, some witnesses also claimed that we did not hear exactly what Tytler had said, but after he said something, the crowd turned violent, went on a rampage and attacked the Gurudwara and set it on fire. . At the same time, in the chargesheet, the CBI said that Tytler had instigated the mob to kill the Sikhs. After this the mob first set fire to the gurudwara, then killed three Sikhs. The CBI also said that Tytler promoted enmity between different religious communities.

Sikh riots after Indira's assassination

Please tell that on October 31, 1984, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The murder was done by his two Sikh bodyguards. The very next day i.e. on November 1, riots broke out in Delhi, in which many Sikhs were killed.