Who are the Guilty(1)

ANNEXURE IV
LIST OF PEOPLE IDENTIFIED BY SURVIVORS
I. POLITICIANS
The following is the list of those alleged to have instigated violence and/or protected alleged
criminals.
1. Mr. H.K.L. Bhagat, Minister of state (Information and Broadcasting). On November 5, reported to
have intervened to get miscreants released who were held in Shahdara Thana.
2. Babu Ram Sharma, Member, Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 58) reported to be the right-hand
man of H. K. L. Bhagat. Reportedly responsible for loot, arson and murder in trance-Yamuna
areas-Babarpur, Chajupur Colony, Maujpur, Gonda. Allegedly led people on motor cycle with
megaphone.
3. Sajjan Kumar, Cong. (I) M.P. from Mangolpuri. Reported to have paid Rs. 100 and a bottle of
liquor to each person involved in the killing.
4. Lalit Makan, Cong. (I) Trade Union Leader and Metropolitan Councillor. Reportedly paid to mob
Rs. 100 each plus a bottle of liquor. A white ambassador car reportedly belonging to him came 4
times to the G.T. Road area near Azadpur. Instructions to mobs indulging in arson were given from
inside the car.
5. Dharam Das Shastri, Cong. (I) M. P. from Karol Bagh. Reported to becarrying voters list with him
at Prakash Nagar for identification of Sikhs. On November 5, according to newspaper reports, he
along with other Congress-I leaders tried to pressurize the SHO of Karol Bagh Police Station to
release the persons who arrested during the police raids to recover looted property.
6. Jagdish Tytler, Cong.(I) M. P. from Sadar Constitutency. On 6th November 5 p.m. he barged into a
press conference that the Police Commissioner S. C. Tandon was holding. A journalist reports that
he told the Police Commissioner that "by holding my men you are hampering the relief work".
7. Mahendra, Metropolitan Councillor. Reported to have accompanied Dharam Das Shastri with
voters lists at Prakash Nagar.
8. Mangat Ram Singal, Member of Municipal Corporation (Ward No. 32) was reportedly with
Dharam Das Shastri and Mahendra at Prakash Nagar.
9. Dr. Ashok Kumar, Member of Municipal Corporation, Kalyanpuri. Reportedly held a meeting in
Kalyanpuri, following which violence broke out immediately. According to many eye witnesses he
led mobs which indulged in loot, murder, arson and rape.
10. Sukhan Lal Sood, Metropolitan Councillor. According to eye witnesses was seen leading mobs,
which indulged in loot, murder, arson and rape. He had come with petrol and serial lists and
addressess of Sikhs in the locality. The women refugees, recognized him and drove him out.
11. Jagdish Chander Tokas, Member of Municipal Corporation Munirka (Ward No. 14) reportedly led
a mob to R.K. Puram Sector IV and V.
12. Ishwar Singh, Member, Municipal Corporation, Mangolpuri (Ward No. 37). Allegedly led the
mobs that indulged in looting, burning, rape and murder in Mangolpuri area.
13. Balwant Khokhar, Youth Congress-I Leader, Delhi, Identified as one of the persons responsible
for instigating looting and arson in Palam Colony area.
14. Faiz Mohammad, Youth Congress-I Leader, Delhi, named by refugees in Shakurpur camp and in
Mangolpuri for being a part of the mob indulging in looting, arson and murder.
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