1984 Anti-sikh Riot Case: Victim's Father Identifies 3 Killers

[Mehtab Singh]

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NEW DELHI: An 80-year-old Canada resident and father of a victim of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot, has identified a customs department official and two other accused in the case in a court here.

Sarwan Singh Bhatia, who had flown down from Canada to testify in the case, on Monday completed recording of his statement before Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar.

Bhatia, who lost his son Gurubaksh Sheesh Singh in the riot that followed the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, narrated the entire incident in court.

He told the court that a mob of 300-400 people, armed with deadly weapons, had attacked his house at Paschim Vihar here on November one, that year.

Gurubaksh had allegedly fired with his gun into the air to scare the mob but he failed to succeed and he was later dragged out of his house and attacked with iron rods and other weapons, Bhatia said.

Bhatia also identified the three accused - Ishwar Singh, Sajjan Singh and Jagdish Singh - before the court and said that although he did not know them prior to the incident, he could recognise the, when they came before him.

According to the witness, it was Ishwar, a custom department official, who was leading the mob.

During the cross-examination, Bhatia stumbled a little during the identification of the accused and said he did not name them in the first FIR lodged with Nangloi Police Station three days after the incident, as he did not know their names till then.

[guptveer1469]

all three have singh?? maybe some rajput hindus... or sikhs???

[Mehtab Singh]

Jatts from Rajasthan or U.P. is more like it...maybe even Haryana...

[JaMdooT]

I am little skeptical about the names of all three accused, I have heard of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler involved in 1984 case but Sajjan Singh and Jagdish Singh :D . Might be possible that they could be Rajputs but kinda odd to me.

[guptveer1469]

yeah

thts also a bit ... mysterious

[Singhballer]

Well it seems these 3 are suppoed to be involved directly with killings. But the tytler and kumar... quite odd.

[guptveer1469]

heres a list of the other guilty ones...

Not only Hindus but also local muslims did kill sikhs...

TRILOKPURI

BLOCK 5

1. Papita, a gangster

BLOCK 12

2. Brahmni (Mishrani) Shastri

BLOCK 14

3. Baleshwar Bhrgi alias Bhalu

4. Bal Kishan

BLOCK 21

5. Bihari Dhobi

BLOCK 25

6. B. D. Sharma

BLOCK 27

7. Israi Ali alias Chunnu

8. Salim, a notorious criminal

9. Massa, charas smuggler

BLOCK 28

10. Yayiha Siddiqui, clinic owner on the main road of Block 27

11. Monu Singh, shopkeeper

12. Soni, railway employee

13. Mukesh

BLOCK 29

14. Mukri Master

BLOCK 30

15. Om Parkash alias Omi, mason

16. Ved Parkash, brother of omi and head mason by vocation

17. Noor Jahan

18. Karamat, cement-seller

19. Shabnam, owner of a TV shop

20. Damesh

21. Punju

22. Salim

23. Advas’s son in law (Abbas of Block 32)

24. Mukri, video shop owner

25. Hasin

BLOCK 31

26. Kamruddinm four-mill owner

27. Nayamat Ali

28. Neenav, tea shop owner

29. Dr. V. P. Singh

30. Duli Chand, local gangster

31. Rampal Saroj, Congress (I) leader

32. Gopal Singh

33. Kishori Lal and his four brothers, manely, Shravan, Shiya Chote and Kamal who are a

alleged to have brutally murdered four Sikhs, Hukam Singh, Teerath Singh,

Sajjan Singh and Soma Singh.

34. Jaggi Sansi and his wife, Draupdi

35. Kharak Singh Pradhan

36. Gaffar Khan, cement seller

37. Manu Sansi

38. Aasim

39. Somnath, alleged to have killed Hoshiar Singh (son of Milap Singh) alongwith three

other men after locking them in a room and setting it on fire

40. Ajit

41. Kadir

42. Monga

43. Sati

44. Telo Sansi, Draupdi’s sister

45. Rooplal, who is alleged to have murdered Labh Singh

46. Omi Chamar, cobbler

47. Murari, vegetable-seller with a shop in Block 31

48. Pehlvaan, brother of Rashid

49. Bachchan

50. Aziz

51. Ansar

52. Kallo Khan, dhaba-owner

53. Abbaas, cloth and shoe shop owner in Block 27

54. Dr. Lambu

55. Bhallo, boot legger

56. Kayamat Ali

57. Raju Bhangi

58. Jaggi

59. Bhaiyya

60. Murli Khan

61. Sher Khan

62. Raju Ram

63. Bedhu Ram, alleged to have killed in 31/99 and 32/97 Blocks

BLOCK 33

64. Pappu

65. Bhoom, local gangster

66. Gyani, student

67. Mohhamed, bicycle shop-owner

68. Birju

69. Zakir

70. Kamal Singh, rickshaw-owner

71. Munshi

72. Rashid, cycle Rickshaw shop-owner in block 32

98. Ganapt, shop-owner

99. Piriya, Gujarati

100. Gurbat Bhai

101. Islam

102. Rao

103. Changa Doctor

104. Omi three-wheeler driver

105. Garib Das

106. Dharmanand, kerosene-shop owner

BLOCK A-5

107. Hasla Ram

108. Mangla

109. Satbir

110. Salam

BLOCK B-1

111. Pal Brahman

112. Shambhu

113. Kheesamvaija

114. Kumar

BLOCK C-3

115. Gopal and brother

116. Tiwari

117. Raghubir and Bangi

118. Pratap Bhangi

119. Vajuje

BLOCK C-4

120. Barji Lal and his son

121. Kala Ram and his two son

122. Prem Singh Muchiwala, property dealer

123. Jai Kishen Bhangi

124. Danny

125. Pappu

126. Mohan Lal, son of Thekedar Komal

BLOCK P-3

127. Taar Chand, Carpenter

128. Master, kerosene shop-owner

129. Radhe Shyam, mechanic

130. Babu Lal, vegetable-seller

131. Sikander’s brother

132. Gulab Singh, godown-owner

MONGOL PURI

133. Hardwari Lal, Mandal Pradhan

134. Narendra Singh, Congress (I) worker

135. Salim Quereshi, Congress (I) worker

136. Shaukeen, Congress (I) worker

137. Rajinder

138. Shiv Charan

MAUJPUR, GHONDA

140. Biro Joginer, kerosene shop owner

141. Trilok, flour mill-owner

142. Gupta, paper-seller

143. Delu Ram, tailor

144. Bhola Doodhwala

145. Balbir Doodhwala’s son

146. Prem Nai

147. Gyan Malwai

148. Natgayan’s son

SHAKAR PUR

150. Bhatia, Congress (I) worker

151. Dogra, Congress (I) worker

152. Singh, Congress (I) worker

153. Lakshmi dhoban

154. Aswani, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker

155. Satpal, hotel-owner

156. Ashok Kumar, flour mill-owner

157. Ram Niwas Sharma

158. Rohtas Singh of Shkarpur village

KHAJURI KHAAS

159. Kadam Singh, Panchayat Chief

160. Kadam Singh’s nephews

161. Nambat Singh, ration shop-owner

162. Sham Lal, retired assistant sub-inspector

163. Jai Singh, kerosene shop-owner

164. Jugnu

165. Parsa

JANAKPURI

166. Pratap, Chief of the village administrative body, Sagarpur, who is alleged to have killed 22 people

BLOCK C

167. Dabbu Bhangi

168. Kalia Bhangi

169. Upli Bhangi

170. Son Sassi

171. Mohan Sassi

172. Raju Bhangi

173. Malaram, who distributed kerosene oil free to the killers

MANDAVALI-UNCHPUR

175. Sachdeva, property-dealer

176. Raj Kalia, cement-seller

177. Gupta, grocery shop-owner

178. Ram Prakash, worker in a khadi shop

179. Dharampal

180. Kishen Dutt

181. Babu Das

182. Joshi

RAJ NAGAR

183. Balwant Khokar

184. Mohinder Singh Baragdola

185. Iswar Chand Sharma

186. Pandit Ram Niwas

187. Pandit Tara Chand

SADAR BAZAR

188. Kamal Dhobi

189. David, son of the Dhobi

190. Vinayak and his family members

AZAADPUR INDUSTRIAL AREA.

191. T S Bedi, factory owner

A LIST OF THE GUILTY

POLITICIANS

This list includes people who instigated violence and later protected the criminals

H K L BHAGAT, Information and Broadcasting Minister

It is learnt that he influenced the decision to release some mobsters from the Shahadra Police station on November 5.

BABURAM SHARMA, Municipal Corporation Member (Ward No. 58)

He is a confidant of Mr. Bhagat’s. The allegations against him are : He led the violent mob on a motorbike and mike in hand and is responsible for killings in Baabarpur, Chajupur, Maujpur and Ghonda in East Delhi.

SAJJAN KUMAR, Congress (I) MP

It is alleged that he gave a hundred rupees and a liquor bottle each to the killers.

LALIT MAKHAN, Congress (I) Party Trade Union Leader and Metropolitan Councillor.

It is alleged that he distributed money and liquor bottles to the mob and an Ambassador car, said to be his, was seen at Azadpur on Grand Trunk road four times during the violence and the mobs were given instructions by the car occupants.

DHARAMDAS SHASHTRI, Congress (I) MP from Karol Bagh

He is alleged to have provided the list of Sikh houses and shops with electoral roll as the source. According to press reports of November 5, 1984, he is also alleged to have pressurised police officials in Karol Bagh police station to release from custody those arrested for the anti-Sikh violence.

JAGDISH TYTLER, Congress (I) MP.

He intruded into press conference of the Police Commissioner, Mr. S C Tondon, on November 6 and told him, by arresting my men you are obstructing the relief work for the victims.

MAHENDERA SINGH, Metropolitan Councillor.

It is alleged that he, alongwith Dharamdas Shastri, was seen going around with electoral rolls (used to identify Sikh houses) in Prakash nagar.

MANGATRAM SINGAL, Municipal Corporation Member, (Ward No.32)

He is alleged to have been in the company of Dharmadas Shastri during the violence.

Dr. ASHOK KUMAR, Municipal Corporation Member, Kalyanpuri.

It is alleged that violence was sparked off after he held a meeting with Congress workers and supporters and that he was leading the crowd which indulged in large scale violence, including, killing, burning, looting and gang-rape of women.

SUKHANLAL SOOD, Metropolitan Councillor.

Eye witness accounts allege that he led the violent mob and that he brought lists of Sikh houses and petrol (used to burn Sikhs alive) to the scene of violence. Later, when he went to the Shakarpur relief camp to distribute food AND sweets to the survivors, some women recognised him and had him chased out of the camp.

JAGDISH CHANDER TOKAS, Municipal Corporation Member, Munirka, Ward NO. 14.

He is alleged to have led the violent mob in sector 4 and 5 of R. K. PURAM.

ISHWAR SINGH, Municipal Corporation Member, Mongolpuri, Ward NO. 37.

He is alleged to have led the violent mob in Mongolpuri.

BALWANT KHOKAR, Youth Congress (I) Leader, Delhi.

He is alleged to have instigated the violent mob in Palam Colony.

FAIZ MOHAMMED, Youth Congress (I) Leader, Delhi.

Survivors in the Shakarpur relief camp and residents of Mongolpuri say that he was directly involved in the violence.

RATTAN, Delhi Youth Congress (I) Leader.

He is alleged to have been directly involved in the Palam Colony violence.

SATBIR SINGH, Youth Congress (I) Member.

He is alleged to have brought a busload of criminals to Guru Harkishen School in Munirka and participated in looting and burning the school down.

POLICE

This list includes police officials who ignored their duty, instigated violence and were directly involved in it.

MALHOTRA, Assistant Commissioner Police East Delhi.

He is alleged to have called the mob to the police station and told it that It "should have demolished the gurudwara as well (the mob killed……? Bhatia, a Sikh Congress worker). Besides, Malhotra is alleged to have accompanied the mob to the scene of violence. He was in a jeep, armed with a revolver, accompanied by two sten-gun wielding cops. Following him were two station wagons in which cans of petrol were kept. He is said to have handed over weapons to the mob and instigated the mob that came to the police station from Gurunangal Nagar and Lakshminagar.

JAI SINGH, SHO.

He is alleged to have told the mobs that they "have three days to kill and loot, free for all."

RAVRAM MEHAR, SHO, Shankarpur.

He is alleged to have identified Sikh houses and shops.

HARIRAM BHATTI, SHO, Sultanpuri.

He is alleged to have disarmed Sikhs of their small weapons of defence and On November 2, personally killed some Sikhs. Also , on November 3 and 4, he made Sikh men cut their hair on gunpoint.

ROHTAS SINGH, SHO, Sadar.

He is alleged to have personally indulged in burning down Sikh houses.

SHOORVIR SINGH, SHO, Kalyanpuri.

He reached Trilokpuri at 2.30 p.m. on November 1 when violence was on, is alleged to have ordered two constables on duty there to go away, thus giving the mob a free hand at violence.

R.D. SINGH, Sub-Inspector, Durgapuri.

According to survivors in the Loni Road, Gurudwara relief camp, Singh instigated the mob and personally beat to death some Sikhs.

SHO, R.K. Puram and Constable on duty.

When people from Sector 4 asked the duo for help to save a Sikh family in their area are alleged to have denied help and goes on to say, " Sikhs should be finished."

Following is a list of police officials who instigated and participated in the violence in the areas under their control.

TYAGI, SHO, Trilokpuri

RANA, Inspector, Trilokpuri

MOOLCHAND, Sub-Inspector, Trilokpuri

BAKSHI, Assistant Sub-Inspector, Trilokpuri

RAJVIR SINGH, Head Constable, Kalyanpuri (posted in Trilokpuri)