Amritsar: SGPC member Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka today held a meeting with Delhi-based leader Kuldeep Singh Bhogal, who is active in ensuring justice to the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and punishment to the culprits.
SGPC president Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has put the onus of Advocate Sialka for legal assistance in the matter on the demand of Kuldeep Singh Bhogal.
As many as 127 Sikhs were killed in the massacre in Kanpur, for which the Sikh community has been continuously demanding justice. In view of the latest situation in this regard and the legal contribution of the SGPC in the cases, Advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka told about the conversation with Kuldeep Singh Bhogal that although the SIT was formed by the government about four years ago and several arrests have been made, all the accused have not been arrested yet.
Advocate Sialka said that according to Kuldeep Singh Bhogal, more than 70 people are accused in this case, while so far only about 34 accused have been caught. He said that out of custody, the accused are trying to get bail due to the laxity of the public prosecutors, due to which the victim Sikh families are going through mental agony.
One of the main accused, Jujwinder Singh Kushwaha, who is the nephew of a Congress leader, was influencing the cases with his influence, he said. He said that SGPC President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has deputed the Sikh body to know the present status of the cases and help them so that legal assistance can be provided.
Meanwhile, SGPC president Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has said that the Anti-Sikh riots is very painful, for which every culprit must be punished. He said that the SGPC felt the pain of the victims and under this, advocate Bhagwant Singh Sialka was deputed for legal assistance to ensure punishment to the culprits of the Kanpur Sikh massacre and to vigorously defend their bails.