The Sikh Times ! Simmi Kaur Babbar ! New Delhi 20 March: Sardar Gurcharan Singh Babbar, President of the All India Sikh Conference Babbar, has issued a strong and emotional statement recalling the horrifying events of November 1984, describing them as one of the darkest and most painful chapters in the history of India.
Referring to the period following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Babbar stated that thousands of innocent Sikhs were brutally killed across Delhi. He said that the bodies of victims were seen lying everywhere — on roads, at bus stands, railway stations, inside cars, trucks, buses, in narrow lanes, in every locality, at public squares, outside courts, near Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament, and even inside and outside Gurudwaras, Sikh schools, and colleges.
“This was not an ordinary incident. This was a systematic and organized massacre of innocent Sikhs,” Babbar said.
Babbar alleged that the Delhi Police, acting under verbal orders of the then Congress government, collected the dead bodies through sanitation workers and transported them in trucks during the night. He claimed that the bodies were taken to forests around Delhi and the Aravali hills, where they were burned using petrol, diesel, and chemicals in an attempt to destroy evidence.
He further alleged that dangerous prisoners from Tihar Jail were used to carry out these acts under police supervision.
Babbar strongly criticized the complete breakdown of law and justice during those days. He stated that no postmortems were conducted, no FIRs were registered, no panchnamas were prepared, and the bodies were neither preserved in mortuaries nor handed over to their families.
He further said that even the last rites were not performed according to Sikh religious traditions. No bodies were taken to cremation grounds, and no Granthi Sahib was called for final prayers.
Babbar alleged that the violence continued for four days under the watch of the then Home Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao, and that nearly 5,000 innocent Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone.
He expressed deep anguish that even after four decades, the perpetrators — including political leaders and police officials — are still free. “Many of the accused officials are alive, living comfortably, and even receiving government pensions, yet no strict action has been taken against them,” he said.
Highlighting the global anger within the Sikh community, Babbar said that Sikhs across India and the world are united in demanding justice for the victims of the 1984 massacre.
He urged the Government of India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, to reopen all cases related to November 1984, register fresh FIRs, and take strict legal action against all guilty individuals, including political leaders and police officials.
Babbar concluded with a strong warning that until justice is delivered, the issue will never be settled.
“The Sikh community has waited for decades. The pain and anger still remain. If justice is not delivered now, this wound will continue to bleed, and the faith of people in the justice system will be deeply shaken,” he said.