The anti-Sikh violence of 31 October to 5 November 1984 followed Indira Gandhi's assassination and killed 3,325 people across India, 2,733 of them in Delhi, pe…
The Tytler trial was still at the witness stage on 1 July 2026, an appeal against Kumar's Sultanpuri acquittal was pending, and Kumar's 2018 Supreme Court appeal was rep…
The court said a criminal investigation could not be revived after decades without fresh and credible material. The ruling covers one complaint about two deaths.
He died on 20 August 2026. On 25 August the Delhi High Court held his appeal in the Saraswati Vihar case abated.
The court cited the absence of admissible, reliable evidence and said other convictions cannot substitute for proof in this case.
Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh were killed on 1 November 1984. Police had closed the case in 1994 with an untrace report.
Charges including murder were framed over the Pul Bangash Gurdwara killings of 1 November 1984. Tytler pleaded not guilty, no verdict is reported and the trial continues.
It reversed his 2013 acquittal over the killing of five Sikhs in Raj Nagar, Palam Colony and the burning of a gurdwara.
Yashpal Singh got death and Naresh Sherawat life for the Mahipalpur murders of Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh.
It scrutinised 293 closed cases, closed 199 on records and filed chargesheets in five.
Manmohan Singh apologised to the Sikh community and the nation, calling 1984 a negation of the nationhood enshrined in the Constitution.
It cited credible material against Sajjan Kumar and recommended re-examining cases closed as untraced.
Delhi appointed three committees on police conduct, grave offences and the number of deaths.
The Home Ministry cites 3,325 deaths across India, 2,733 in Delhi.
Two of her Sikh bodyguards killed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Attacks on Sikhs began that evening.
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