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Time of India
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Witness denies pressure to name Tytler in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
New Delhi: A key witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case told a court on Saturday that she was not pressured by CBI or senior members of the Sikh community to name former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler in the case related to the killings of three Sikhs in north Delhi's Pul Bangash. Harpal Kaur Bedi (70) made the assertions while being cross-examined in the court of special judge Jitendra Singh by Tytler's counsels. "It is further wrong to suggest that my entire testimony is a deliberate attempt to frame accused Jagdish Tytler in the case. It is further wrong to suggest that my testimony is false and fabricated," she submitted. The court has posted the matter for recording the statement of another witness on July 21. You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi Sardar Thakur Singh, Badal Singh and Gurcharan Singh were killed on Nov 1, 1984, in the mob violence in Pul Bangash following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. On Aug 30, 2024, a special court ordered the framing of charges against Tytler for offences of murder, abetment, rioting, promoting enmity between groups and being a part of an unlawful assembly. It said the material brought on record showed prima facie that the accused was a member of an unlawful assembly of persons at the local gurdwara. On Friday, Bedi claimed that she initially kept mum, fearing for her only son's life, and revealed Tytler's name to CBI for the first time in 2016 after his death.
The Print
12-07-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Eyewitness in 1984 Pul Bangash Gurudwara case denies ‘falsely' implicating Tytler
The 70-year-old woman eyewitness had also claimed before Special Judge Jitendra Singh that she kept mum, fearing for her only son's life and revealed Tytler's name for the first time in 2016 to the CBI after her son passed away. Earlier on Friday, Harpal Kaur Bedi, an eyewitness to the killing of three men by a mob that torched the north Delhi gurdwara during the riots, had deposed that she had seen Tytler instigating the mob and asking them to 'loot and kill the Sikhs'. New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) A key witness in the Pul Bangash Gurdwara case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Saturday told a Delhi court that she was not pressured by the CBI or Sikh leaders to 'falsely' implicate Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. During her cross-examination by Tytler's counsel on Saturday, Bedi said, 'It is wrong to suggest that I was pressurised by the CBI or leaders of the Sikh community to name Jagdish Tytler in the case to falsely implicate him. 'It is further wrong to suggest that my entire testimony is a deliberate attempt to frame accused Jagdish Tytler in the case. It is wrong to suggest that my testimony is false and fabricated.' The court has posted the matter for recording the statement of another witness on July 21. The CBI had on May 20, 2023, filed a chargesheet against Tytler in the case. Tytler 'incited, instigated and provoked the mob assembled at Pul Bangash Gurudwara Azad Market' on November 1, 1984, that resulted in the burning down of the Gurdwara and the killing of three Sikhs — Thakur Singh, Badal Singh and Gurcharan Singh — the CBI alleged in its chargesheet. The CBI had also said in its chargesheet that Tytler came out of a white Ambassador car in front of the gurdwara on November 1, 1984, and instigated a mob by shouting 'kill the Sikhs, they have killed our mother'. Anti-Sikh riots had erupted in several parts of the country in the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. PTI MNR RHL This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
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Business Standard
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Eyewitness in 1984 case denies 'falsely' implicating Jagdish Tytler
A key witness in the Pul Bangash Gurdwara case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Saturday told a Delhi court that she was not pressured by the CBI or Sikh leaders to "falsely" implicate Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. Earlier on Friday, Harpal Kaur Bedi, an eyewitness to the killing of three men by a mob that torched the north Delhi gurdwara during the riots, had deposed that she had seen Tytler instigating the mob and asking them to "loot and kill the Sikhs". The 70-year-old woman eyewitness had also claimed before Special Judge Jitendra Singh that she kept mum, fearing for her only son's life and revealed Tytler's name for the first time in 2016 to the CBI after her son passed away. During her cross-examination by Tytler's counsel on Saturday, Bedi said, "It is wrong to suggest that I was pressurised by the CBI or leaders of the Sikh community to name Jagdish Tytler in the case to falsely implicate him. "It is further wrong to suggest that my entire testimony is a deliberate attempt to frame accused Jagdish Tytler in the case. It is wrong to suggest that my testimony is false and fabricated." The court has posted the matter for recording the statement of another witness on July 21. The CBI had on May 20, 2023, filed a chargesheet against Tytler in the case. Tytler "incited, instigated and provoked the mob assembled at Pul Bangash Gurudwara Azad Market" on November 1, 1984, that resulted in the burning down of the Gurdwara and the killing of three Sikhs -- Thakur Singh, Badal Singh and Gurcharan Singh -- the CBI alleged in its chargesheet. The CBI had also said in its chargesheet that Tytler came out of a white Ambassador car in front of the gurdwara on November 1, 1984, and instigated a mob by shouting "kill the Sikhs, they have killed our mother". Anti-Sikh riots had erupted in several parts of the country in the aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Time of India
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Tytler incitingd mob to attack Sikhs during 1984 riots: Witness
New Delhi: An eyewitness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case told a court on Friday that she saw former Congress MP Jagdish Tytler instigating the mob to kill Sikhs in north Delhi's Pul Bangash. "Accused Jagdish Tytler addressed the mob standing there to loot and kill the Sikhs, to loot the gurdwara as 'they have killed our mother' ('Sikho ko maro ku**o, unhonae hamari maa ko mara hai'). I myself saw and heard the same from accused Jagdish Tytler," 70-year-old Harpal Kaur Bedi said, deposing before the court of special judge Jitendra Singh. Three Sikhs, Sardar Thakur Singh, Badal Singh and Gurcharan Singh, were killed on Nov 1, 1984, in a mob violence in Pul Bangash that followed the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. On Aug 30, 2024, a special court ordered the framing of charges against Tytler for the offences of murder, abetment, rioting, promoting enmity between groups and being a part of an unlawful assembly. The court said the material brought on record showed prima facie that the accused was a member of an unlawful assembly of persons at the gurdwara in the area. You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi The cross-examination will continue before the court on Saturday. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 東京の猫好きがこの猫型ランプに夢中になる理由を大公開！ Wmet 詳細 Undo The judge noted that Bedi, one of the three key witnesses in the case, seemed to be exhausted as she was subjected to lengthy cross-examination since the morning session. Tytler's counsels, advocates Anil Kumar Sharma, Apoorav Sharma and Anuj Sharma, started Bedi's cross-examination after her statement. Bedi said she did not name Tytler in her first statement on March 1, 2016, as her son was threatened for life by Tytler's men. "He was my only son, and for the sake of his life, I kept mum." Her son died in 2015 and, Bedi said, "From that time, I did not have any fear." While ordering the framing of charges, the court accepted the public prosecutor's contention that due to fear, the eyewitnesses couldn't depose truthfully before various agencies, committees or commissions probing the riots. The court said it appeared that the first priority of the family members of the victims, witnesses to the killings and lootings, was their own and their family's safety. Bedi told CBI on March 1, 2016, that she saw a white Ambassador car coming from the side of the gurdwara and Tytler sitting inside the vehicle. "The car was moving slowly and Tytler, while sitting inside the car, made a gesture to the people engaged in violence. While gesturing, he said 'maro, maro' and swiftly moved out." Bedi denied that CBI had suggested that she change the statement as one could not hear what a person sitting inside a car had said. "I got confused with the questioning of CBI. My later version regarding coming out of the accused from the car and inciting the mob is the correct version," she stressed.
India Gazette
09-07-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
1984 Anti Sikh riots: Witness tells court Tytler softly threatened him by claiming killing of hundreds of Sikhs
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court recorded the statement of a person as a Prosecution witness in relation to a video CD in the 1984 Anti Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler. A video CD allegedly containing the video and voice of Jagdish Tytler was brought to light by former DSGMC chairperson Manjit Singh GK. This person told the court that in 2011, he had a meeting with Jagdish Tytler where he was softly threatened by Tytler by claiming that he had killed hundreds of Sikhs. This witness also stated that Tytler claimed that he would be the chief minister. Special Judge Jitendra Singh recorded the statement of Ravindra Singh Chauhan. His statement was recorded in the presence of CBI Prosecutor, Senior Advocate H S Phoolka, and Kamna Vohra. During the recording of the statement witness deposed before the Court that he had a meeting with Tytler in connection with the dispute related to arbitration. Ravindra Singh Chauhan deposed before the court, 'In the meeting held between him and Jagdish Tytler on December 8, 2011, at around 10:15 PM, my sole motive was to get the dispute settled, but Tytler was trying to softly threaten me, his son being a Director in a company having Swiss Accounts, appointing High Court Judges, transfer of hawala money and generally he was discussing about the future Delhi election in which he is the Chief Minister candidate and this entire thing regarding fake arbitration was gone to media, it will destroy his career.' The witness further stated that Tytler also spoke about many other things which were recorded in the video and part of the record. He also identified Jagdish Tytler in the court. This witness also stated that his statement was also recorded by the Crime Branch in 2022 in a complaint lodged by Jagdish Tytler regarding the fakeness of the video published in the media. 'My statement was also recorded by the CBI during the investigation,' the witness said. The CD was played in the court. This witness deposed that CD contains five clips. He also identified that the person in the CD is Jagdish Tytler and the third person is Abhishak Verma. Defence counsel Anil Kumar Sharma, along with Apoorv Sharma and Anuj Sharma, cross-examined the witness Ravindra Singh Chauhan. Defence counsel submitted that this video and audio are nowhere connected with the Gurudwara Pul Bangash. During the cross-examination witness deposed that he didn't know that Abhishek Verma had moved an application to become a witness in this case. It was argued by the defence counsel that the CBI had stated before the court of ACJM Karkardooma Court that Abhishek Verma is involved in several cases. He can not be made a witness. It is wrong to suggest that he knows that this video is moped, manipulated and edited to target the accused, the witness said in the cross-examination. It is wrong to suggest his statement has been recorded to implicate the accused, Chauhan submitted. (ANI)
