New Delhi, July 15: Surinder Singh’s demise bound to have adverse impact on fair conclusion of matter, says senior counsel H S Phoolka
Surinder Singh (58), a key witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, died on Monday at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) following a cardiac arrest.
Singh was one of the prime witnesses in the case. His statement was recorded by the Central Bureau of Investigation during the re-investigation of the role of former Union minister Jagdish Tytler in connection with one such case.
His last rites were performed at Nigambodh Ghat. While his family members remained inconsolable and refused to react on the fate of the case after his death, senior counsel H S Phoolka, who was representing him in court, said his demise was bound to have an adverse impact on the fair conclusion in the matter.
In January 2002, Singh had filed an affidavit before the Justice Nanavati Commission, claiming he had seen Tytler inciting the mob in November 1984. He, however, withdrew the affidavit in August the same year. Following a Karkardooma court directive to the CBI seeking re-investigations in the case, his statement was recorded by the probe agency in New York.
–Agencies