Akali Dal approaches Human Rights Commission on 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases.Byline: ANI New Delhi, Nov 5 (ANI): A delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal Akali Dal, also termed as Shiromani Akali Dal (Akali Religious Party), is a Sikh political party mainly based in Punjab, India. It was formed on 13 December 1920 after the formation of SGPC (Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee), a religious body formed led by Punjab Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 9 July, 1962) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Faridkot constituency of Punjab and is a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) political party. He was schooled at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. met Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC NHRC National Human Rights Commission (India) NHRC Naval Health Research Center (US Navy) NHRC Natural Hazards Research Centre (Australia) NHRC Navrongo Health Research Centre ) here, urging their intervention in the prolonged 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. Talking to reporters, Badal said that the Congress-led government has failed to bring to justice those responsible for attacks on Sikhs after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 25 years ago. "Inspite of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) proceeding against Congress leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, none of them has yet been brought to book," he added. "Even after 25 years not a single culprit has been put behind bars Verb 1. put behind bars - lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, remand, put away . Even Nanavati report recommended registration of case against Sajjan Kumar, it's taken CBI four years till date. Challans have not been put in court. The CBI has requested the government of India The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [3]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government permission to prosecute but the government of India is not giving permission. Why? Because everyone knows in 1984 riots who is behind it and they want to shield the culprits," said Badal. He urged the NHRC to ask the Central government to speed up the trial of criminal cases against the accused, as recommended by the Nanavati Commission. "We requested the Human Rights Commission to actively pursue these cases and be a part of this in court so that actual views can be put forward by them also as well as by various lawyers," said Badal. Over 3,000 Sikhs were killed in the riots in various cities following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by the Sikh guards on Oct 31, 1984. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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