SIT to re-examine 75 closed cases of 1984 riots
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Home Ministry is set to re-investigate 75 closed cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The move comes ahead of the assembly elections in Punjab in 2017. The riots, that broke out following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, killed around 3,000 people.