No fresh FIR against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, CBI tells Delhi court

CBI had claimed Tytler was not present at the gurudwara during the riots and was rather at Teen Murti House.

The court has now fixed the case for July 30 for filing of protest petition against CBI’s third closure report giving clean chit to Tytler in the case.

The CBI on Friday told a Delhi court that no fresh FIR had been registered against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. The court had earlier sought a reply from the CBI on the allegation that Tytler tried to influence a witness in a ‘84 anti-Sikh riots case, in which the agency has given him a clean chit.

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Senior advocate H S Phoolka, counsel for the victim in the last hearing, had alleged that a perusal of the closure report, which gave Tytler a clean chit, clearly showed that he had “influenced” and “bribed” the witness.

Allegations of influencing witness and hawala transaction had surfaced from the statement of arms dealer and navy war room leak case accused Abhishek Verma, which are part of the CBI’s closure report. The court had then directed the CBI to file a reply on the allegation.

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“An application has been moved on behalf of the victim to know from the CBI as to whether an FIR or separate complaint has been registered under Sections 193 and 195 of IPC and PMLA. In this regard, question has been asked by the court to the public prosecutor. He says no separate FIR has been filed. The application stands disposed of,” Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler said.

Meanwhile, Phoolka sought four weeks’ time to file the protest petition against the CBI closure report, giving a clean chit to Tytler the third time in a row. The present case relates to the murder of Badal Singh that took place at Gurdwara Pul Bangash, which was set on fire. The court has now fixed the case for July 30 for filing of protest petition.

Phoolka also moved an application, seeking a status report from the CBI as to what action it had taken on the allegations of influencing of witness and hawala transaction. “These two are separate offences and the CBI should tell what action it has taken on these allegations. A separate case needs to be registered,” Phoolka argued.

Kaunain Sheriff M

Kaunain Sheriff M is an award-winning investigative journalist and the National Health Editor at The Indian Express. He is the author of Johnson & Johnson Files: The Indian Secrets of a Global Giant, an investigation into one of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. With over a decade of experience, Kaunain brings deep expertise in three areas of investigative journalism: law, health, and data. He currently leads The Indian Express newsroom’s in-depth coverage of health. His work has earned some of the most prestigious honours in journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award, and the Mumbai Press Club’s Red Ink Award. Kaunain has also collaborated on major global investigations. He was part of the Implant Files project with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which exposed malpractices in the medical device industry across the world. He also contributed to an international investigation that uncovered how a Chinese big-data firm was monitoring thousands of prominent Indian individuals and institutions in real time. Over the years, he has reported on several high-profile criminal trials, including the Hashimpura massacre, the 2G spectrum scam, and the coal block allocation case. Within The Indian Express, he has been honoured three times with the Indian Express Excellence Award for his investigations—on the anti-Sikh riots, the Vyapam exam scam, and the abuse of the National Security Act in Uttar Pradesh. ... Read More

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