'Not under our watch': Delhi High Court says won't let another 1984 happen in Delhi
The Delhi High Court today said it cannot allow another 1984 to happen under its watch and directed leaders from the UT and Centre to meet the families of the victim.
Key Highlights
- The Delhi High Court today said that it cannot allow “another 1984” to happen in the country
- 'Highest functionaries in state and central government should personally meet the victims and their families'
- 'Time to provide citizens of this country with Z Category security'
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today said that it cannot allow “another 1984” to happen in the country saying "this city has seen enough anguish and enough tragedy."
Referring to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the court said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia should visit affected areas for "confidence-building among people".
The court further said that helplines should be set up and private ambulances should be given safe passage. The court also said that shelters for rehabilitation along with basic facilities should be set up for the victims who have been displaced and said that they shall also be provided with adequate amenities, blankets, clean water and sanitation.
Expressing concern over the body of an IB officer found in Northeast Delhi, the court called it "very unfortunate" and asked the highest functionaries in state and central government to personally meet the victims and their families.
The court has, in light of what has been happening in the national capital and the death toll rising to 22, put specific queries, before Special CP as to 'What consequences would be with every day delay in registering the FIR against the clips that the SG has also considered inflammatory.'
Sources suggest that the matter has been kept for tomorrow and that special CP will view all the clips and take a conscious decision before further conveying it to the court tomorrow at 2.15 pm.
‘Time to provide citizens with Z Category security’
According to a report by Live Law, the court said that it was time to provide citizens of this country with ‘Z Category’ security adding that authorities should also ensure security during the funerary activities of the deceased.
On the plea of deployment of Army in the violence-affected areas, the court said that they don’t want to enter into the question of deployment of Army.
“We should focus on the issue of registration of FIR right now,” the HC said and also inquired about the name of the officer who was seen in BJP leader Kapil Mishra's video clip.
As of 3.00 pm on February 26, the death toll in the violence in north-east Delhi was 20. At least 189 were injured.
The assassination of Indira Gandhi & 1984 riots
The 1984 Sikh massacre was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs after the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. The Congress which was the ruling party at that time actively shielded the rioters. As per the government estimates, about 2,800 Sikhs were killed in Delhi while over 3,000 Sikhs were killed nationwide.
The condition was such that stones were pelted at the motorcade of the then President Gyani Zail Singh who was returning from a foreign visit and was on his way to AIIMS to meet Rajiv Gandhi.