1984 riots: Closure report on Jagdish Tytler’s role is explosive, says HS Phoolk

1984 riots: Closure report on Jagdish Tytler’s role is explosive, says HS Phoolk

New Delhi: Senior lawyer HS Phoolka who is spearheading the crusade to ensure justice to 1984 anti-Sikh riots, has termed the closure report filed by the CBI on alleged culpability of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler as explosive.“We should realize that the reputation of legal structure of the nation is at stake.This closure report is explosive. The death of the witness is also suspicious, it should be looked into,” he said.
Yesterday, in a sensational claim, arms dealer Abhishek Verma has deposed before the CBI that Tytler had told him in 2008 that he had met the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after which he got a clean chit over his alleged role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
In his statement as a witness recorded by the CBI during a probe, Verma, an accused in the naval war room leak and other cases including cheating and forgery, has said that Tytler had also told him that a deal was struck and a hefty amount was paid to a riots case witness, who had deposed against him.
The CBI filed a third closure report, yesterday, in a Delhi court which heard arguments on the report and asked the agency to respond to the allegations that Tytler had tried to influence the witness.The CBI said in its closure report that Verma’s oral evidence indicated that Tytler might have tried to influence witness Surinder. However, the agency said the fact narrated by Verma could not be verified as Surinder has since expired.
During the hearing, senior advocate H S Phoolka, representing the riots victims, said it was shocking that even after receiving evidence of such incriminating nature, the CBI has submitted a closure report.

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