Delhi’s Rose Avenue court has summoned two former police officers to appear in the Pul Bangash case of the Sikh massacre in November 1984.
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, who was named in the case, appeared in the court through video conferencing. The CBI had informed Special CBI Judge Jitinder Singh that the summons could not be issued to prosecution witness Manmohan Kaur at her address, so the court has given her more time. Along with this, the court has also summoned other prosecution witnesses Dharam Chandrashekhar and Ravi Sharma on a later date. It is worth noting that on November 12, the recording of the cross-examination of Bibi Lakhwinder Kaur, widow of Badal Singh, who was killed by a mob at Gurdwara Pul Bangash during the 1984 Sikh massacre, was completed in the court. Badal Singh used to work as a Ragi Singh in Gurdwara Pul Bangash.
It is noteworthy that this case is related to the murder of three Sikhs at Gurdwara Pul Bangash in 1984. The Rose Avenue court had framed charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on September 13 and the CBI had filed a supplementary charge sheet against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in May 2023. The agency had filed the supplementary charge sheet without arresting Tytler. The court took cognizance of the charge sheet and summoned him, after which Tytler was granted bail after appearing in the court. The next hearing of the ongoing case will be held in the court on December 2.
