Following Surinder Singh's declaration at a press conference some days agothat he is ready to tell the truth the CBI, a few days ago, recorded his fivehour long testimony in which he has reportedly dwelt at length on Tytler'sinvolvement . It relates to a case of rioting and killing of three persons inGurudwara Pul Bangash on November 1st, 1984 soon after the then PM IndiraGandhi's assassination. Interestingly, in 1992, 31 persons were acquitted inthis matter after a trial and though Surinder Singh was named as a witness hewas never called by the police for investigation. Later he deposed before theNanavati Commission which in 2005 referred this, and six other cases to the CBIfor reinvestigation. Surinder Singh is currently in Punjab and wants the SGPC tokeep its word and help him re-settle here. "I cannot go back to Delhibecause that will be suicidal for me. Tytler's henchmen will not leave me",he told Outlook.
Another witness traced by the SFJ is Jasbir Singh now living in the US. When theCBI sought closure of this case against Tytler and told a Delhi court that itcould not locate Jasbir, he appeared on a news channel saying he is ready todepose. Following this, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Majistrate Sanjiv Jainrejected the CBI's appeal and directed further investigation in the case.However, Jasbir Singh who had earlier told the Nanavati Commission on August31st , 2002 that "he had overheard Tytler rebuking his men on the night ofNovember 3red 1984….. for nominal killing of Sikhs in his constituency",has expressed apprehensions about coming to India to depose. His counselNavkiran Singh told Outlook, "Jasbir wants the CBI to record histestimony in the US either through video conferencing or by sending an officialas he fears for his life."