A Special Investigation team (SIT) formed by the Indian government in February 2015 to reinvestigate closed cases related to the 1984 Sikh massacre has not yet filed charges in a single case, Amnesty International India said today.
The Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi Government has landed itself in an embarrassing situation as a file regarding constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe cases related to the 1984 Sikh genocide has been reportedly missing since March 16, 2015.
The Home Ministry of India extended the tenure of Special Investigation Team, set up by the government for conducting another probe into the November 1984 Sikh massacre related cases.
In a letter to the AAP government, Rakesh Singh, a joint secretary in the Union home ministry, said that more than two-and-a-half months had passed since the constitution of the SIT, but the team was not able to move forward for want of required manpower.
Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has welcomed the decision of the Bharatiya Janta Party led Central government to form of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate all the cases of November 1984 Sikh genocide in which thousands of innocent Sikhs were killed mercilessly.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhai Baldeep Singh has raised question over the effectiveness of newly formed Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Central government of India.
A press release by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and senior lawyer advocate HS Phoolka says [o]n 28th January 2014, S. Parkash Singh Badal made a statement in district Muktsar “hardly any need for it (SIT probe) as several earlier high-level inquiries conducted on the matter have pointed towards the role of Congress leaders in this planned mass massacre of Sikhs".
Drawing parallels between the Sikh position in India and Tamil position in Sri Lanka, the Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh said both had faced persecution from tyrant regime and justice too had eluded both. He alleged that all organs of the Indian states conspired, engineered and carried out massacres, violence, and acts of cultural and linguistic destruction” against the Sikh minority.
The Indian government has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for re-investigation into the November 1984 massacre related cases in Delhi and other states. An order was issued on Thursday (Feb. 12) by Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh announcing the formation of the SIT.
It is notable that the Ranganath Mishra commission - the first one set up to probe the killings -- was given names, addresses and complete details of 3,870 people killed in Delhi. But the police said 1,419 were killed. The Delhi government filed a list of 2,300 people killed. A separate committee later established that 2,773 people died in Delhi alone.
Though the effectiveness Special Investigation Team (SIT) for November 1984 Sikh massacre related cases, which is going to be 12th such inquiry into the brutal Genocidal massacre of Sikhs in Delhi, remains under question; a Sikh activist group named All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) has welcomed the announcement to form SIT.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today criticized the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) for floating news/ reports of a possible move to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to re-investigate cases related to November 1984 Sikh pogrom. Aam Aadmi Party said such reports were a “poll gimmick” of the Saffron party to get political milage from the issue in wake of Delhi Assembly elections.
Dal Khalsa has termed the recommendations of Justice (Retd.) GP Mathur Panel to constitute SIT to re-investigate 237 cases related to Nov 1984 carnage as another ploy to mislead the Sikhs and to further prolong the already unending wait for justice.
Sikh intellectuals, S. Gurtej Singh and Dr Gurdarshan Singh Dhillon have extended their support to Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi elections.
The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led Indian government today formed a committee to examine the possibility of constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the Sikh massacres of 1984.
New Delhi, India: While welcoming the Government of India's decision to give Rs five lakh each to next of kin of 3,325 victims of November 1984 Sikh carnage Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal demanded setting up of a Special Investigative Team (SIT) to ensure a thorough probe into the cases.
Amaritsar, Punjab (August 13, 2014): Senior advocate and Aam Aadmi Party leader Harwinder Singh Phoolka has reminded Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) of its promise of formation of SIT for re opening and re investigating 237 cases of 1984 anti Sikh violence which were closed untraced.
Copy of letter written by Aam Aadmi Party leader Harwinder Singh Phoolka urging Akal Takhat Sahib Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh to order Parkash Singh Badal to initiate his efforts to get formed SIT on November 1984 cases.
Reminding him of his promise which he made to Nirpreet Kaur at the time of opening his hunger strike at New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party leader and Supreme Court lawyer HS Phoolka has written a letter to Akal Takhat Jathedar.
Senior advocate Harvinder Singh Phoolka has reportedly written a letter to India's minister of law and justice Ravi Shankar Prasad, requesting him to get the special investigation team (SIT) constituted and make it operational to investigate cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom. Phoolka had contested Lok Sabha election from Ludhiana seat as a candidate of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
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