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Government constitutes SIT to probe 1984 riots

| | Feb 13, 2015, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IBNS): The Narendra Modi government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for investigating/re-investigating the cases of 1984 riots under the Chairmanship of Pramod Asthana, an IPS Officer.

Rakesh Kapoor, Retd. Distt & Sessions Judge and Kumar Gyanesh, Addl. DCP (Security/PM) are appointed as members and the SIT will submit its report within a period of 6 months.

The SIT has been constituted to re-investigate the appropriately serious criminal cases which were filed in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in connection with the 1984 riots and have since been closed. For this purpose, the SIT shall examine the records afresh from the Police Stations concerned and also the files of Justice J.D. Jain and D.K. Agarwal Committee and take all such measures under law for a thorough investigation of the criminal cases.

The SIT will file charge sheet against the accused in the proper Court where after investigation sufficient evidence is found available.

The SIT has been constituted after the acceptance of the recommendations of the Justice G.P. Mathur Committee by the competent authority.

The riots erupted in Delhi and elsewhere following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on Oct  31, 1984.

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