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Police kept eyes closed during 1984 riots,
CBI tells court
Sunday April 01, 2012 12:21:14 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The CBI Saturday told a Delhi court
hearing a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots against
Congress leader Sajjan Kumar that police kept their eyes closed
during the carnage.
While advancing the final arguments, Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) counsel R.S. Cheema said: "This was a case
where the police acted in a pre-planned manner and every policemen
was keeping his eyes closed."
Cheema told Additional Sessions Judge J.R. Aryan that 150
complaints were made regarding the riot related incidents but only
five cases were registered by police.
He told court that police officials, who testified as defence
witnesses, said in their statements that they had not seen
anything during the riots.
The court asked the prosecutor to show any direct evidence against
Sajjan Kumar and other five accused that they were instigating mob
to kill the Sikhs.
The CBI prosecutor told the court that he would present some media
reports April 2, the next date of hearing.
Sajjan Kumar and the other five accused are facing trial on the
charge of inciting mobs against the Sikh community during the
riots that had broken out after the assassination of then prime
minister Indira Gandhi Oct 31, 1984.
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