Anti -Sikh riots case : The Rouse Avenue Court has convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the case of killing two Sikhs in Saraswati Vihar, associated with the 1984 anti -Sikh riots. The case is on 1 November 1984, in which two Sikh Sardar Jaswant Singh and Sardar Tarun Deep Singh were killed in Rajnagar area of West Delhi. At around 4 pm that day, a crowd of rioters armed with iron rods and sticks attacked the victims’ house.
Sajjan Kumar was leading the mob: complainant
According to the complainant, the then Congress MP Sajjan Kumar led the crowd. Sajjan Kumar is accused of provoking the mob to attack, after which two Sikhs were burnt alive in their house. The mob vandalized, looted and set fire to the house.
An FIR was lodged at Saralwati Vihar police station.
After the incident, a complaint was lodged at Saraswati Vihar police station in North Delhi. The FIR was registered by the complainant on the basis of the affidavit submitted before the Ranganath Mishra Commission. Sajjan Kumar is serving life imprisonment in the Delhi Cantt violence case. The Delhi High Court overturned the decision of the lower court in the case and sentenced Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment.
Sikhs were killed on a large scale in Delhi.
It is noteworthy that after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, anti -Sikh riots spread across the country. Sikhs were also killed on a large scale in the capital Delhi. Five Sikhs were killed after Sajjan Kumar’s inflammatory speech in Rajnagar area of Delhi Cantt. After questioning Sajjan Kumar’s role in the Nanavati Commission report investigating anti -Sikh riots, the CBI again opened the case and Sajjan Kumar, Captain Bhagmal, Mahendra Yadav, Girdhari Lal, Krishna Khokhar and Balwant Khokhar in 2005 A case against The CBI filed a charge sheet against all these accused on 13 January 2010.
Sajjan Kumar in jail under sentence of life imprisonment
Then in April 2013, the lower court acquitted Sajjan Kumar and convicted the remaining accused. At that time, the court refused to convict Sajjan Kumar, saying that he could not be convicted only on the basis of eyewitnesses. But on 27 August 2013, the Delhi High Court accepted the CBI’s appeal against Sajjan Kumar. The CBI argued that the court made a mistake by acquitting Sajjan Kumar, as Sajjan Kumar was inciting the mob to kill the Sikhs. Finally after a long hearing, the Delhi High Court found Sajjan Kumar guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
