Earlier, a Delhi court on Saturday accepted a bail bond furnished by Jagdish Tytler in a case connected with the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
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Congress leader Jagdish Tytler instigated the mob to kill Sikhs near Gurudwara Pul Bangash in Delhi, says the Central Bureau of Investigation’s chargesheet against him, filed on May 20. Tytler has been charged with murder in the 39-year-old anti-Sikh riots case, reports ndtv.com.
According to the ndtv.com report, the CBI said, “Tytler provoked the mob to kill the Sikhs which resulted in Gurudwara Pul Bangash being set on fire by the mob and killing of three persons belonging to Sikh community on 1.11.1984,” adding that he incited the mob, which burnt Gurudwara Pul Bangash and killed Thakur Singh and Badal Singh.
Earlier, a Delhi court on Saturday accepted a bail bond furnished by Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case connected with the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, reports PTI.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand, who had on July 26 summoned Tytler on Saturday in connection with the case, noted that the accused has already been granted anticipatory bail by a sessions court.
The court further directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to provide a copy of the chargesheet to Tytler.
The Congress leader appeared before the court amid high security.
“Bail bond furnished. Accepted, subject to conditions imposed on bail order,” the magistrate said.
Tytler’s wife, Jennifer Tytler, stood security for him in the case.