Ex-MP Tarlochan Singh writes to P Chidambaram on anti-Sikh riots
New Delhi, September 14
Former Rajya Sabha MP Tarlochan Singh on Wednesday wrote to former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, reminding him of his questionable stand in Parliament that action could not be taken against superannuated police officers indicted by various commissions probing the Delhi anti-Sikh riots.
The trigger is the Delhi HC directive to the disciplinary authority last Monday to issue a fresh order of punishment against an SHO charged with abdication of duty and misconduct during the riots. Singh reminded Chidambaram that he as Home Minister had turned down a “call attention motion” in the Rajya Sabha seeking action against 17 police personnel found guilty by various commissions.
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