The Nanavati Commission received/collected 3,752 affidavits. It should be noted that nearly 3,083 affidavits were against the Sikhs.
Even before the Nanavati Commission, the BJP Government which was in power in Delhi at that time, withdrew quite a good number of affidavits filed against a number of their activists.
There is a report in the Hindustan Times of 3rd February, 2002 where it is written that “the Delhi Police has registered criminal cases against BJP and RSS members in connection with the 1984 Riots.” I give below the relevant extracts from the news item:
“The cases ranging from arson, rioting, attempt to murder and dacoity, are now in various stages of trial in the capital’s lower courts. As many as 14 FIRS were lodged by the City Police naming 49 BJP and RSS workers during 1992-94. These cases, sources said, were registered following the recommendations of the Jain-Aggarwal Committee which examined affidavits filed by riot victims before various Commissions.”
“Some of the prominent Delhi BJP and RSS workers against whom cases have been registered are: Pritam Singh, Ram Kumar Jain. Ram Chander Gupta, Babu Lal, Ved Mahipal Sharma, Padam Kumar Jain and Suresh Chand Jain. Most of these people were arrested and later chargesheeted by the police.”
“In fact, one of the accused Ram Kumar Jain, named in FIR No. 315/92 dt. June 18, 1992, was the Election Agent of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he contested the Lok Sabha polls in 1980. A prominent BJP and RSS worker, Jain’s residence No.8, Hari Nagar Ashram also doubled up as an election office for the Vajpayee camp.”
“A former President of the Jain Mahasabha, Ashram, Jain has been charged with heinous cases like rioting, dacoity and attempt to murder. Jain, sources added, has been named atleast in four different FIRs.”
“Most of the FIRs`lodged against the BJP and RSS workers have been registered at the Srinivaspuri police station in South Delhi. The cases are from areas like Hari Nagar, Ashram, Sunlight Colony and Bhagwan Nagar.”
“All the cases against these political workers are pending trial in court and are being closely monitored,” a senior police official said.”
“The largest FIR, 446/93 dated August 1993, registered in connection with the 1984 Riots, in which 17 persons have been named includes names of BJP workers like Ram Kumar Jain, Late Sarni Lal Gupta and VedMahipal Sharma.”
This complaint was lodged by Hardayal Singh Sahni, resident of 120 Hari Nagar, Ashram, Sahni lost his entire property including a cloth house on November 1, 1984.”
The above is a press item published in the Hindustan times of the 3rd February, 2002, which shows you the extent of the powers that the opposition political parties have, and their capacity to harm innocent people.