’84 Riots: ‘I’m accessible, CBI didn’t contact me’

A TV channel claimed to have punctured the submission of CBI that a witness in '84-riots case involving Tytler was ‘untraceable’.

A private television channel on Thursday claimed to have punctured the submission of the CBI in a local court that a witness in the 1984-riots case involving former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler was ‘untraceable’.

News channel claimed that it had located the witness, Jasbir Singh, in California who told the channel that the CBI had never contacted him.

“The fact that you are talking to me means that I am accessible,” a release issued by the channel quoted Singh as saying.

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Singh, who has filed several affidavits against former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler before various Commissions, told the channel that he was willing to testify before the court and narrate everything provided he and his family’s safety was guaranteed.

He also claimed that a Congress councillor had called him five months ago and asked him to change his statement or face dire consequences, the release claimed.

CBI, which had on September 29 this year filed an affidavit in a court in New Delhi seeking closure of case against Tytler taking the plea that Singh was untraceable, has been directed by a court to submit the address of Singh, declared as a crucial witness.