1984 riot case: Phoolka gets death threat

New Delhi, January 20

A Delhi court on Monday informed senior advocate HS Phoolka, who has been representing the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, that the judge has received a letter giving death threat to the senior counsel.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjyot Singh Bhalla directed the CBI to file a response in the matter by February 11, a court source said.

The court was hearing a case related to the riots in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is an accused.

Phoolka said, “These things would not distract me. During the 35 years of fight, I have received such threats many times.”

The court had, on November 25 last year, pulled up the CBI for delay in recording the statements of controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma, who is a witness in the case.

The case pertains to riots at Gurdwara Pulbangash where three people were killed on November 1, 1984. — PTI