Sikhs seek justice for '84 riot victims, action against guilty

A group of Sikhs today staged a protest in the capital demanding justice to the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims.

Holding placards and with tyres around their necks, members of the All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) took out a march from Gurdwara Bangla Sahib to Jantar Mantar.

Raising slogans demanding "justice and punishment" to the perpetrators of the riots, they also also demanded that Parliament acknowledge the riots "as a genocide of Sikhs".

Around 3,000 Sikhs were killed in Delhi and other cities following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh body guards.

"Justice has not only been delayed but it has also been denied," AISSF president Karnail Singh said.

He also said AISSF would file PILs in high courts of the states to demand that shut cases against police officers and politicians accused in the riots be reopened.