Delhi Police Didn’t Act Honestly Against Genocide Culprits, CBI Tells Delhi High Court
Posted: 17 Oct 2018 08:45 AM PDTNEW DELHI, India—
In a written submission on October 16, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Delhi High Court that the Delhi police didn’t work honestly on the FIRs registered against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar who is a key perpetrator of 1984 Sikh genocide. Terming the Delhi police’s investigation against Sajjan Kumar as tainted, it said the Delhi police favored Sajjan Kumar by hibernating FIRs registered against Sajjan Kumar so that the victims could be forced to reconcile and settle the matter.
“The FIRs were kept in hibernation mode to force the genocide victims to reconcile and settle the matter with Sajjan Kumar” the Court was told by the CBI’s special public prosecutor RS Cheema.
Advocate HS Phoolka, who represents the victim family in Court, also told the Court that Sajjan Kumar enjoyed impunity for being always in positions of influence. He added that the genocide victims couldn’t be reasonably expected to take the risk of their lives by approaching the authorities till they are assured of security.
The Delhi High Court bench was conducting hearing on a case pertaining to killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar area of Delhi Cantonment on November 1, 1984.
Although retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal, former Congress councilor Balwan Khokhar, Girdhari Lal and two others were held guilty in this case by the trial court but Sajjan Kumar was acquitted. So, the CBI and the victim family had challenged his acquittal in the Delhi high court.