The Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the central government in 2015 is all set to reopen 75 cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the capital ahead of the Punjab assembly elections early next year.

The move is the result of a letter submitted by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 6.

"The SIT has failed to reopen even a single case. I urge you to either get your SIT to do something or kindly wind up this SIT and allow the Delhi government to set up an SIT for a proper investigation and get justice for the victims," Kejriwal wrote.

The Human Rights Watch (HRW),in its 2011 World Report, had stated, that, "The government has yet to prosecute those responsible for the mass killings of Sikhs that followed the 1984 assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Delivery of justice for mass violence against Muslims in Mumbai in 1992-93 and in Gujarat in 2002 has been slow."

Nandini