The CBI on Tuesday opposed in a Delhi court a plea by two persons, who are facing trial in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, seeking transfer of the case. It said the timing of filing the application raises “eyebrows”.
Arguing before District Judge Talwant Singh, CBI counsel D.P. Singh contented that the accused were not allowed to do “forum shopping” and there was “malice” behind the move to file such application at this stage.
“The application filed by accused Brahmanand Gupta is with an oblique motive and the reasons seeking transfer besides being mala fide, are only an eyewash,” he said. —PTI