Jul
9
The November ’84 Carnage Justice Committee issued a release today about the Nanavati Commission’s steps against Former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao for his role as Home Minister in the massacres of Sikhs during November 1984. Similar to steps taken against Ministers Jagdish Tytler and Kamal Nath, the Committee has issued a Section 8B notice against Rao:
Under the Commission of Inquiry Act it is mandatory for the Commission to issue a notice to the person whom the Commission finds prima-facie guilty and likely to give the finding against the person. The notice is returnable on 30th July, 2004.
The Commission has also issued notice to Sh. S.C. Tandon, who was Commissioner of Police in 1984, Sh. P.G. Gavai, who the Lt. Governor and Mr. Nikhil Kumar, who was Addl. Commissioner of Police in November 1984.
The allegations against Sh. Narasimha Rao were pressed by Mr. H.S. Phoolka, Senior Advocate appearing before the Commission for Nov.`84 Carnage Justice Committee. One of the major allegatiosn which was pressed is delay in calling the Army and it was alleged that the Army were intentionally not called on the morning of 1st November 1984.
ENSAAF’s report, Twenty Years of Impunity: The November 1984 Pogroms of Sikhs in India, documents the actions of the police officers mentioned above, in Chapter 3. It also discusses the failure to deploy the Army on pages 66 to 69, considering the role of Rao, the availability of army troops, and the administration’s interference in the Army’s attempts to counter the violence. Chapter 5 analyzes in depth the history of judicial impunity, including the functioning of the Misra and Nanavati Commissions.
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