Kanpur: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) left for Chennai on Monday to record the statements of a family whose two members were killed in Chakeri’s J K Colony area during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984.
“One Narendra Singh and his brother Surendra Singh were done to death by a mob in the JK Colony area. We have come to know that the family members of both the deceased brothers had migrated to Chennai. SIT has left for Chennai today to record statements of their family members. The team is likely to return to the city in two-three days and then further investigations would be initiated in this regard,” said SP SIT Balendu Bhushan.
The state government had set up SIT on February 5, 2019, to inquire into the circumstances leading to the riots in which at least 127 people were killed in Kanpur.
The team was set up after the apex court issued notice to the state government in August 2017 on a petition seeking SIT probe into the riots.
The four-member SIT is headed by retired UP DGP Atul. The other members are retired district judge Subhash Chandra Agarwal and retired additional director (prosecution) Yogeshwar Krishna Srivastava. SP Balendu Bhushan Singh is its member-secretary.
In November 2020, the state government gave another six-month extension — till May 2021 — to the SIT.