Prez urged to notify name of third member on SIT to expedite 1984 riots probe

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Prez urged to notify name of third member on SIT to expedite 1984 riots probe

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 | PNS | New Delhi

A delegation  comprising  former Army chief JJ Singh, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi and three other prominent persons met President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday and urged  him to ask the Supreme Court to  notify the name of a third member of the SIT formed to supervise probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases  so that the work is not delayed any further.

 "The SIT which was suppose to give its report within two to three months is not able to function in absence of a member and we have gone to give the representation to the President of India that there should be an immediate notification to name the member," Lekhi reportedly said.

Besides Lekhi and Singh, the other members of the delegation included Supreme Court senior advocate Rupinder S Suri, Rajasthan additional advocate general Gurcharan S Gill and former MLA R P Singh.

"We, the concerned citizens are making this fervent appeal to you for your urgent intervention as the things have indeed come to a very sorry pass,"  said a  letter, signed by Lekhi, Singh, Suri and Gill, said.

The SIT has been empowered to examine afresh evidence in cases which had even been closed.  

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