New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) lodged a chargesheet against Jagdish Tytler, a prominent Congress leader, in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The investigative agency has filed charges against Tytler for offenses including murder, rioting, and abetment.

The Justice Nanavati Commission of Inquiry was established in the year 2000, a significant 14 years after the incident occurred.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had issued directives to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the case against Jagdish Tytler and other individuals involved.

"Evidence shows that the accused, Jagdish Tytler, allegedly instigated, incited and provoked the mob assembled at Gurudwara Pul Bangash at Delhi's Azad Market on November 1, 1984 which resulted into a fire there, in which three Sikh people were killed. Several shops were also burnt and looted,” said the official, reported India Today.

CBI officials, in an exclusive statement to India Today, revealed that Jagdish Tytler was identified as the instigator of violence at Delhi's Pul Bangash Gurudwara in November 1984.

On April 11, the CBI obtained voice samples from Tytler in order to compare them with the existing audio evidence in the case. Despite this, Tytler has consistently maintained that there is no evidence against him.

As per the India Today report, after submitting his voice sample to the CBI, Jagdish Tytler said, “What have I done? If there's evidence against me, then I'm prepared to hang myself. It wasn't related to the 1984 riots case for which they wanted my voice (sample), but another case.”

Following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on November 1, 1984, violent attacks broke out targeting the Sikh community in various parts of the country.

In the Pul Bangash area, three individuals lost their lives as a result of the riots that took place on that day.