CBI closes 1984 riot case against Jagdish Tytler

The CBI on Friday closed a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case against senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler saying it was unable to find witnesses to support its charges against him.

The probe agency in its closure report filed before a court here is understood to have said that many of the witnesses in the case were either dead or did not want to testify. The closure report also included the name of late Congress MP Dharam Das Shastri.

Meanwhile, the agency filed a chargesheet in one of the related cases in which one Suresh Kumar was accused of inciting a mob against the Sikhs.