Over 200 Sikh murders put in one FIR, justice obstructed for decades, former judge alleges

Neeraj Bali Chandigarh, Nov 4 (UNI) Indian police registered more than 200 murders committed during the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi under a single criminal complaint, a former High Court judge said on Wednesday, alleging that political interference and manipulation of investigations had helped perpetrators evade justice for decades. Justice Shiv Narain Dhingra, a retired Delhi High Court judge who subsequently headed a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), said the handling of the cases exposed deep failures within India's criminal justice system. "Every riot is managed; it never happens on its own. Riots have unfortunately become an instrument of…