Rs 5 lakh to kin of anti-Sikh riot victims, announces govt
October 30, 2014 15:57
Just in: The government has announced a Rs 5 lakh compensation to the kin of each of the 3,325 victims killed during anti-Sikh riots in 1984.
Just yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a damning statement said India had failed in punishing those responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and it reflected the country's "weak efforts" to fight communal violence.
"Successive Indian governments failure to prosecute those responsible for 1984's anti-Sikh killings and other abuses during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence highlights India's weak efforts to combat communal violence," the statement said.
The 1984 anti-Sikhs riots or the 1984 Sikh Massacre were a series of pogroms directed against Sikhs in India, by anti-Sikh mobs, in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.
Just yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a damning statement said India had failed in punishing those responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and it reflected the country's "weak efforts" to fight communal violence.
"Successive Indian governments failure to prosecute those responsible for 1984's anti-Sikh killings and other abuses during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence highlights India's weak efforts to combat communal violence," the statement said.
The 1984 anti-Sikhs riots or the 1984 Sikh Massacre were a series of pogroms directed against Sikhs in India, by anti-Sikh mobs, in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.
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