New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed the chairman of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up to re-investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, to explain why further probe was carried out in a case while the mandate was to re-visit facts.

New Delhi: A Delhi court has directed the chairman of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up to re-investigate the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, to explain why further probe was carried out in a case while the mandate was to re-visit facts.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Ajay Singh Shekhawat said the reply filed by the SIT chairman on interpretation of expression "investigation/re- investigation as per the mandate given to the SIT" was unsatisfactory.

"In these circumstances, let court notice be issued to SIT chairman Anurag to appear in person to clarify on the facts," the court said. It listed the matter for September 13 for clarifications.

The court passed the order in the 1984 riots case in which the SIT filed a closure report on the ground that no incriminating direct or circumstantial evidence was available against any person and further investigation of the case has been closed. PTI