This Article is From Apr 27, 2016

Court Grants CBI 2 Months To Complete 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Probe

Court Grants CBI 2 Months To Complete 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Probe

Arms dealer Abhishek Verma had said that Jagdish Tytler tried to influence a witness in the case by offering him money.

New Delhi: CBI to complete its probe in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was given clean chit by the agency.

After the probe agency informed the court that it has approached Interpol to obtain information from the Canadian High Commission, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shivali Sharma asked the Central Bureau of Investigation to make a written submission to the Canadian mission.

The court posted the matter for July 11 for further hearing.

The court on December 4, 2015, ordered the CBI to further investigate a riots case against Mr Tytler, pointing to arms dealer Abhishek Verma's statement that Mr Tytler had tried to influence a witness.

The court had said it should be found out whether Mr Verma's statement was true or not.

Mr Verma, in his statement, told the CBI that Mr Tytler had tried to influence one of the witnesses by giving him a hefty sum of money and promising to settle his son abroad.

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