Facing judicial scrutiny over his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh violence, Congress leader Jagdish Tytler has declined to undergo a polygraph test.
Tytler has on multiple occasions told the court that lie detector test is “inhuman, cruel and illegal”.
The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Delhi had ordered Tytler and another accused to state whether they were ready to undergo a polygraph test.
While the other lawyer for the other accused who claims that there’s a threat to his life, told the court that he was willing to take it if adequate police protection was provided, Tytler is unwilling to budge from his position.
The case was filed by Lakhwinder Kaur whose husband was killed in the riots in India’s national capital when a mob allegedly burnt him alive, which she claimed Tytler was a part of.
India’s central investigative agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation had earlier given Tytler a clean chit over the allegations against him of inciting the mob to kill the Sikhs.
Thousands of Sikhs were massacred in Delhi and many other parts of India following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who was shot dead by her Sikh bodyguards.
Several victims and their families have claimed that they saw Jagdish Tytler leading the marauding mob of rioters in Delhi who targeted particularly Sikhs.
Tytler has on multiple occasions submitted before the court that lie detector test is “inhuman, cruel, illegal” while refusing to undergo the test. The case has been filed by Lakhwinder Kaur whose husband was killed in the riots in Pul Bangash. She said her husband was burnt alive by a mob, which Tytler was a part of.
He vehemently denies these allegations.
