Of the 56 cases registered by five police stations of the Southwest District against 225 people under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code, three resulted in conviction, two were pending trial, and in 30 cases, the accused were acquitted, it said.
For the rest 21 cases, the RTI reply said they were “untraced”. The cases, filed in Najafgarh, Dabri, Naraina, Inderpuri and Delhi Cantonment police stations of the national capital, were for allegedly inciting mob and killing people.
Some senior political leaders were accused by Justice G T Nanavati Commission, established by the government to investigate cases related to anti-Sikh riots. Riots erupted in Delhi and some other parts of the country, following the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984.
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