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Swamy for probe against Chidambaram on 1987
Meerut killings
Tuesday October 16, 2012 10:22:04 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Janata
Party chief Subramanian Swamy Tuesday moved a plea in a court here
seeking a probe into the alleged role of Finance Minister P.
Chidambaram in the 1987 mass killings in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh,
a lawyer said.
Swamy's counsel Tarun Goomber said he moved the application before
Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Siddarth and sought direction for
further investigation in the case.
The petitioner said that Chidambaram, who was then the union
minister of state for internal security, visited Hashimpura area
of Meerut just before the incident in which around 40 Muslims were
allegedly killed by the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC).
The incident took place after a curfew was clamped to search for
illegal arms in the area. The case has reached the stage of
recording of evidence.
Sixteen PAC personnel are facing trial for allegedly killing
Muslims in Meerut.
The court took note of Swamy's application and asked special
public prosecutor Satish Tamta to file the reply till Nov 23,
Swamy's counsel said.
Swamy told the court that during the early hours of May 22, 1987 a
few trucks of the Uttar Pradesh PAC arrived in Hashimpura just
before the incident.
He told the court that it was admitted on the floor of the Rajya
Sabha April 26, 1988 that Chidambaram with Vir Bahadur Singh (then
Uttar Pradesh chief minister) conducted an aerial survey of
Hashimpura, Malliana and other riot-affected areas of Meerut May
18, 1987 - four days before the alleged killings.
Swamy apprised the court that in August 1987 he undertook a fast
unto death at the Boat Club in central Delhi to demand an inquiry
into the alleged offence committed by Chidambaram.
The chargesheet in the case was filed before a chief judicial
magistrate in Ghaziabad in 1996 against 19 PAC personnel.
The Supreme Court transferred the case to Delhi in September 2002
following a petition by families of the massacre's victims and
survivors.
A sessions court here July 2006 framed charges of murder, attempt
to murder, tampering with evidence and conspiracy against all the
accused. Three accused PAC personnel died during trial.
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