Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Nov. 5 -- Indian police registered more than 200 murders committed during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi under a single criminal complaint, a former High Court judge said on Wednesday, alleging that political interference and manipulation of investigations had helped perpetrators evade justice for decades.
Justice Shiv Narain Dhingra, a retired Delhi High Court judge who subsequently headed a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), said the handling of the cases exposed deep failures within India's criminal justice system.
"Every riot is managed; it never happens on its own. Riots have unfortunately become an instrument of Indian politics, carried out by elements who do it to please their pol...