1984 riots: DSGMC releases Tytler’s ‘confessional’ video
CHANDIGARH: The Delhi Sikh Gurd war a Management Committee (DSGMC) on Monday released a video of a purported sting operation of former Congress MP J ag dish Tytler wherein he has allgedly admitted to killing 100 Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
While releasing a series of five video clips before the media in New Delhi, DSGMC president and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) national spokesperson Manjit Singh GK claimed that an unknown man on February 3 handed over an envelope to his security guards. The envelope had GK’s name written over it with the instruction “to be opened only by GK .” It contained a pen drive having the five video clips allegedly recorded in 2011 and some documents of transcripts thereof, he added.
GK alleged that in clip 3, Ty tl er has admitted that he has killed 100 Sikhs and nothing happened to him except a sham enquiry.
“This is Tytler’s confession to thecrimehe hascommitteddur- ing the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He should be arrested,” he said.
He added, “Tytler has audaciously confessed to his crimes like a pro claimed offender. In clip 1, Tytler has expressed remorse for not being able to recover Rs 150-crore cash from his friends. In clip 2, he has stated that his son is in a company which has accounts in Swiss bank and he also boasts about going to Rajya Sabha or being offered the chief ministership of Delhi.”
GKalleged, “Clip3isshocking wherein Tytler said he had lost faith in then PM Manmohan Singh. Clip 4 contains videos where Tytler boasts about being close to judiciary and how he got justice Pathak and his wife appointed to the court.”
He said in case the probe agencies fail to arrest Tytler within 24 hours, the DSGMC will launch protests against the police and other government agencies.
Tytler could not be contacted for reaction.
SGPC SEEKS TYTLER’S
IMMEDIATEARREST
Taking strong notice of Tytler’s alleged confessional video, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal sought his immediate arrest.
In a statement, he said Ty tl er’ s confession about murdering 100 Sikhs was sufficient to prove his crime, so the Supreme Court of India should immediately bring him to justice.
S UK H BIRD EM ANDS CASE AGAINST GANDHIS
SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded a case be registered against the Gandhi family for “engineering the massacre” of thousands of Sikhs in Delhi and other parts of the country in the wake of the“evidence” on Tytler.