Pul Bangash Gurdwara riots: Victim’s wife deposes against Tytler

by · The Pioneer

The wife of a victim in north Delhi’s Pul Bangash Gurdwara case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Thursday deposed before a Delhi court against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.

Special Judge Rakesh Syal recorded the statement of Lakhwinder Kaur, the wife of Badal Singh who was one of the three men killed by a mob that torched the Gurdwara during the riots.  

In her statement, Kaur said an eyewitness told her that Tytler had come to the place of the incident in a vehicle and incited a mob.

Kaur told the court that she met Surender Singh Granthi, who worked as a Granthi in the Gurdwara in 2008, who described the incident to her.

“Surender Singh told me that he saw the incident from the roof of the Gurdwara.