New Delhi: Just hours after the CBI filed an affidavit at a Delhi court on Thursday, virtually exonerating Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case due to lack of evidence and witnesses, CNN-IBN traced the chief witness in the case, Jasbir Singh, in California.
While the CBI had declared that the %u2018main witness Jasbir Singh%u2019 is untraceable, it took CNN-IBN only a few hours to locate Singh in his California residence.
In an exclusive telephonic interview, Singh told CNN-IBN that the CBI had not established any contacts with him. %u201CThe CBI did not contact me at all,%u201D he said. %u201CIt%u2019s been 18 years. No court or commission called me for my testimony.%u201D
%u201CHad they contacted me, I could have given them my testimony,%u201D he said. Jasbir Singh also revealed that instead of the CBI, it was Tytler%u2019s supporters who hounded him all the while and even threatened him and his family.
%u201CI was threatened a lot of times,%u201D he said. %u201CI and my family received threats constantly. I still get calls from the people of Jagdish Tytler. They want me to write and say that he is innocent.%u201D
%u201CNathuram Nagar, a Congress party councillor, called me 5-6 months back, asking me to take back my statement,%u201D Singh alleged. This was after the numerous statements Singh had given to various media.
When asked about what he had seen during the riots, Jasbir Singh was unequivocal. %u201CI saw Jagdish Tytler, he was instigating the mob,%u201D he said. %u201CIn my area, most of Sikhs were mur
