1984 riots: Court asks CBI to reply on allegations against Jagdish Tytler

Arms dealer Abhishek Verma has deposed before the CBI that Congress leader Jagdish Tytler had told him in 2008 that he had met the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after which he got a clean chit over his alleged role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. In his statement as a witness recorded by the CBI during a probe, Verma, an accused in the naval war room leak and other cases including cheating and forgery, has said that Tytler had also told him that a deal was struck and a hefty amount was paid to a riots case witness, who had deposed against him. Containing these claims, the CBI has filed a third closure report in a Delhi court which today heard arguments on the report and asked the agency to respond to the allegations that Tytler had tried to influence the witness.