February 12, 2015 by admin

SIT formed to conduct fresh probe into 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

New Delhi, A Special Investigation Team was set up by the government on Thursday for fresh investigation into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases in Delhi and some other states.
An order on setting up of the SIT was issued by the Union Home Ministry on Thursday evening, official sources said.
The team will submit its report within six months.
The three-member SIT will have two Inspector General rank IPS officers and a judicial officer. However, the names are yet to be announced by the government.
The SIT has been constituted following a recommendation of a committee, headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retd) G P Mathur, which was set up to look into the possibility of re-investigation of the 1984 riots cases.
The committee submitted its report to Home Minister Rajnath Singh last month recommending setting up of SIT for a fresh probe into the riots that followed the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.