A U.S. court has issued summons to the Congress party in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, acting on a Sikh group’s petition charging it with “conspiring, aiding and abetting” organised attacks on the community.
A federal district court in New York issued summons to the party in a class action lawsuit filed by the organisation Sikhs for Justice, which has offices in New York and India.
The Sikh group has charged the Congress with “conspiring, aiding, abetting and carrying out organised attacks on the Sikh population of India in November 1984”.
The proceedings are still at the pre-trial stage in New York.
Senior Congress leader and Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath is a defendant in the lawsuit.
The complaint against Mr. Nath stated, “The defendant was seen and heard by many on the scene of Gurudwara Rakab Ganj (in New Delhi). In this particular incident, the defendant was leading and in control of a mob of about 4,000 people.”
Mr. Nath has repeatedly denied any involvement and has been cleared by the Nanavati Inquiry Commission, which had described the Minister’s testimony as “vague” but concluded that there was no evidence that he had incited a mob.
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