Tytler offers ‘apology’ for 1984

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 5

Reacting to a statement by senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, wherein he reportedly said that he wished to appear before Akal Takht, senior Supreme Court lawyer HS Phoolka said it was shocking and surprising on the part of the “main mastermind” of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Phoolka, senior AAP leader, is fighting a legal battle for 1984 victims for the past over three decades. He claimed that Tytler, in an interview to a news channel, had said that he (Tytler) “had written a letter to the Akal Takht Jathedar” in this context.

“I would meet Giani Gurbachan Singh tomorrow in Delhi and present a proof of Tytler’s involvement in the genocide,” he added.

Phoolka said the chief of the DSGMC had presented a siropa and a sword to Tytler even after a criminal case was registered against him. “Those elements may again try to facilitate Tytler’s meeting with the Jathedar,” Phoolka said. “I will urge the Jathedar to impress upon the Centre to arrest Tytler,” he said.

Repeated calls on Tytler's phone went unanswered. He did not also respond to an SMS query about whether he had said what was being attributed to him.