The Special Investigation Team has arrested three more people in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Kanpur.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday arrested three more members of a gang that set fire to houses during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

During the anti-Sikh riots, more than 127 people were brutally murdered in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
In two cases, one of the new arrestees has been registered with the Naubasta Police and the other with the Govind Nagar Police.

The three arrested have been identified as Chandra Pratap Singh (67), Anil Nigam (61) and Ram Chandra Pal (61), brother of Kailash Pal, who was arrested on Tuesday.

They were produced in court and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DIG) Balendu Bhushan Singh, who heads the SIT.

The accused have been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 147 and 148 (rioting with a deadly weapon), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 302 (murder) and 436 (committing mischief by fire or explosives with intent to destroy a house). , said DIG Balendu Bhushan Singh.

So far, the investigation conducted by the SIT has identified 96 accused in 12 cases, out of which 73 are to be arrested. A total of 22 criminals have been arrested and lodged in jail so far and SIT is making efforts to nab 51 others.

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