{"id":60200,"date":"2025-02-12T08:54:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=60200"},"modified":"2025-02-12T08:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:54:37","slug":"ex-congress-mp-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=60200","title":{"rendered":"Ex Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Convicted In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case over the murders of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the anti-Sikh riots.<\/p>\n

Special judge Kaveri Baweja passed the conviction order and posted the arguments on sentence on Feburary 18.<\/p>\n

Kumar was produced before court from Tihar jail for the pronouncement.<\/p>\n

The case relates to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984.<\/p>\n

Though Punjabi Bagh police station registered the case initially, a special investigation team later took over the investigation.<\/p>\n

On December 16, 2021, the court framed charges against Kumar, finding a “prima facie” case against him.<\/p>\n

According to the prosecution, a huge mob, armed with deadly weapons, resorted to large-scale looting, arson and destruction of properties of Sikhs to avenge the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.<\/p>\n

The mob attacked the house of the complainant, Jaswant’s wife, killing her husband and son apart from looting articles and setting their house ablaze, alleged the prosecution.<\/p>\n

Putting Kumar on trial, the court order found sufficient material to form a “prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant, but had also led the mob”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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