CBI comes calling for Sajjan in 2010

On the very last day of the year, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna gave his assent to the Central Bureau of Investigation to proceed with the probe into the charges against the former Member of Parliament.

Sajjan Kumar and his colleague Jagdish Tytler were earlier accused of encouraging mobs to attacks Sikhs after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 by her bodyguards. CBI had filed a closure report in court in connection with Tytler's case, saying that no evidence was found against him.

The Lieutenant Governor was given a month's deadline to take a decision over on the matter by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Keeping the deadline, CBI was granted sanction on Thursday to chargesheet Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

The sanction was required in the case of Sajjan Kumar as he was also charged with section 153-A of IPC (spreading enmity between two communities). The news of the sanction for prosecution came almost simultaneously when Chidambaram, during his monthly press conference, said that he had issued "certain direction on December 16, 2009 regarding pending sanctions for prosecution."

Waiting for justice: Victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots at a demonstration demanding action against the accused in New Delhi.

Earlier this month, he had said in Rajya Sabha that Delhi Lt Governor has been advised to decide by month-end the CBI request for prosecution of the Congress leader. CBI has completed investigation or re-investigation of seven cases including that of Sajjan Kumar and late Dharam Das Shastri. In four cases, the probe agency had sought permission from the Competent Authorityu00a0-- the LG of Delhiu00a0-- to prosecute the accused.

The case was registered against Kumar after the G T Nanavati Commission report of February 2005, which had recommended fresh examination of complaints in which he had been named and no chargesheet had been filed. CBI had asked for prosecution sanction for four cases of rioting in Sultanpuri and Mongolpuri on November 1, 1984.

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