The rioters of the 1984 Sikh carnage, in which over 3000 people were killed in Delhi, were apparently paid Rs 500 for each person they killed, a new book on the riots reveals, reinforcing the allegation that the violence far from being spontaneous was the outcome of a conspiracy.
The book, titled When A Tree Shook Delhi, written by journalist Manoj Mitta and advocate for many of the riot victims' families, H S Phoolka, claims to give an "uncensored" insight into the events. The book traces the genesis of the violence through eyewitness accounts and the investigations by Phoolka as counsel for victims.
Quoting from the affidavit of war widow Joginder Kaur, the book says when the police was taking her, along with her two sons, to a safe place to protect them from the rage of the rioters, she saw members of a mob remonstrating with the police inspector that, by shielding her two sons he was ''putting them at a loss of Rs 500 each''. The members were so upset about their monetary loss that, at that point, the policemen had to draw out their revolvers and threaten to fire at the mob.
It was a tell-tale evidence, preciously scarce, of the manner in which the violence had been organised. Rioters were paid and they were paid in proportion to the number of Sikhs killed by them, the author says.
The pay-offs issue reinforces the allegation that the violence, far from being spontaneous, was the outcome of a high-level conspiracy. However, Justice Ranganath Misra Commission,
RE:Merchant of death
by anand bhalerao on Dec 09, 2007 10:52 AM Permalink
CONGRESS HAS KILLED THOUSANDS OF SIKHS IN 1984 THEY DONT HAVE ANY MORAL RIGHT TO BLAME MODI
