Bokaro, September 29: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday demanded Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das to reopen or transfer all the 1984 Sikh massacre cases. The leader said that the cases should be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if they cannot be reopened. He offered that the party would send a team of lawyers from the Supreme Court to study these cases before taking up the matter at the highest level. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Several SAD Workers Booked for Thrashing Congress Worker in Muktsar During Punjab Rural Polls.

Addressing a congregation as part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev ji in Jharkhand, the SAD President said that more than 100 Sikhs were brutally killed in Bokaro in 1984. He said it was unfortunate that not a single accused have been convicted and punished so far for such a heinous crime.

"I urge the Jharkhand Chief Minister to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) immediately to reopen all 1984 cases and ensure they are reinvestigated and taken to their logical conclusion," Sukhbir Badal said.

He also appealed to the entire ''sangat'' to unite under the banner of the Akali Dal to get all the wrongs done to the Sikh community corrected.

Speaking about similar cases in Delhi and Kanpur, Sukhbir Badal said that the wounds of the Sikhs will only be healed when every accused in the case faces justice. "We will fight for every victim family and justice would be delivered to them at all cost," he said. He said the SAD would send a team of lawyers from the Supreme Court to Bokaro to thoroughly study all the 1984 massacre cases.

Speaking on the Kartarpur Corridor, Badal said that, "You must show the rich heritage of Sikh religion to your children by visiting all the monuments and memorials constructed in Punjab by the SAD-BJP government headed by Parkash Singh Badal. Show them Virasat-e-Khalsa and other memorials, as they will connect them with their roots."

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