High time justice is done, says Capt
Friday, 12/01/2018
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CHANDIGARH: A day after the Supreme Court decided to order a fresh probe by a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) into 186 cases of the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, Punjab chief minister captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday welcomed the decision with the hope that justice would finally be meted out to the innocent victims.
In a statement, the CM said more than 30 years had passed since the gory violence, which claimed many lives and left many others homeless, and while various commissions had been set up to investigate the cases, justice continued to elude the victims.
“Several names had cropped up in connection with the riots, and it was now up to the SIT to verify the allegations and bring the investigation to its logical conclusion,” the CM said.
Amarinder, who himself had quit as MP in protest against the violence, said it was high time that justice be provided. The Supreme Court had on Wednesday decided to set up a three-member SIT to monitor the probe into cases in which investigations were closed.
Akal Takht jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal have also welcomed the apex court order of a fresh probe into 186 cases of antiSikh riots.
