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SC directs Centre to produce more than 190 files in connection with 1984 riots

Supreme Court today directed the Centre to produce before it more than 190 files in connection with the 1984 riots. Expressing serious concern over the closure of more than 190 cases, out of a total of the 293 cases referred to SIT on 1984 riots, a bench headed by Justice AK Sikri asked the Union of India to produce on record on April 25 all the files related to closure of these cases by SIT.<br/><br/>Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the apex court that SIT in as many as 263 cases had no case files and there was no trace of any victim or witness. On February 20, the Centre filed a status report in the top court on the investigation conducted by the SIT into 1984 riots cases. The court had asked the government to brief it within four weeks on the steps taken in the matter, after the Centre had said that the SIT's work was in progress.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Supreme Court directed petitioner to file his suggestions in connection with the riot cases. The petitioner had sought the SC direction for setting up of the SIT to ensure speedy justice to the riot victims. 1984 riots that broke out after then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination which claimed 2,433 lives in Delhi alone.

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