According to the information, in connection with the Pul Bangesh case of the 1984 riots, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Reportedly, three people were killed and a gurudwara was torched in the Pul Pangesh area on November 1, 1984, a day after the assassination of then-prime minister Indira Gandhi.The CBI charged that on November 1, 1984, it “incited, instigated, and provoked the mob assembled at Pul Bangesh Gurudwara Azad Market,” which led to the gurudwara being set on fire and the deaths of three Sikhs, Thakur Singh, Badal Singh, and Guru Charan Singh.According to the officials, the CBI has accused Tytler of violating many Indian Penal Code (IPC) provisions, including 147 (rioting), 109 (abetment), and 302 (murder). It has also been reported that the agency has also found some voice samples of Tytler. The charges will be considered by the court on June 2.The assassination of the then-prime Minister by her Sikh bodyguards evoked the riots against the Sikh community in the country.Voice samples of Jagdish TytlerCongress leader Jagdish Tytler was summoned by the CBI in April for recording his voice samples in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. “What have I done If theres evidence against me, then Im prepared to hang myself…It wasnt related to 1984 riots case for which they wanted my voice (sample), but another case,” Tytler said defending himself.Jagdish Tytler, 78, who was once a prominent Congress leader in Delhi, was also included in a report by the Nanavati Commission that looked into the anti-Sikh riots. One of the three cases that the CBI was instructed to reopen by the Nanavati Commission in 2005 was the one involving Tytler.
