Lucknow: Five more accused allegedly involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur have been arrested, taking the total number of arrests so far to 11. The arrested accused will now be produced before the court for further interrogation.
Earlier, the first major crackdown in the case was taken on June 15, when four Saifullah Khan, Bachan, Bapan and Pakki were arrested from Kanpur. The four were arrested from Ghatampur area and are above 60 years of age.
The Central Ministry had set up an SIT three years ago in 2019 to reopen the cases of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The team has identified 94 accused in the 1984 Sikh riots, of whom 74 are alive.