Summary:
The killings had taken place in pursuance to the provocative speeches made by the applicant/convict against the Sikh community. AMRITSAR: The CBI has equated the killings of Sikhs in 1984 riots with the genocide of Jews by Nazis, senior advocate H S Phoolka said in a release issued here on Monday.The CBI submited its reply in response to the bail application filed by Sajjan Kumar in the Supreme Court . The killing of five innocent Sikhs in this case was not a revengeful act but had taken place due to the hatred disseminated, spread by the applicant, convict against the Sikhs. In this case, the minority community was targeted by the spearheaded attacks of the dominant political actors like the applicant/convict and duly facilitated by the law enforcement agencies. The brutal murder of innocent Sikhs during the 1984 riots falls under the category of crimes against the humanity on parity with well known genocides worldwide like large scale killing of Armenians by Kurds and Turks, mass extermination of Jews by Nazis, mass killing of Bangladeshi citizens by the sympathizers of Pakistani army and mass killing during various ethnic riots within India also..