SIKH RIOTS CASE: COURT ACQUITS SAJJAN KUMAR IN JANAKPURI VIOLENCE CASE

Verdict reopens wounds, survivors to move SC

- TDG NETWORK

The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case linked to Janakpuri and Vikas Puri police stations.

TheJanakpuricase pertains tothe killing of two Sikhs, Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh, on November 1, 1984.

The second case was registered in the Vikaspuri police station related to the burning of Gurcharan Singh on November 2, 1984.

Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh acquitted Sajjan Kumar after trying him ina case lodged by the SIT formed by the Central Government.

A detailed judgmentis tobe uploaded by the court.

The court had reserved judgment on January 22. Sajjan Kumar was discharged of murder charges in 2023.

Additional public prosecutor (APP) Manish Rawat appeared for the prosecution. Advocate Anil Kumar Sharma alongwith Apoorv Sharma and SA Hashmi, appeared for Sajjan Kumar.

On July 7, during the recording of his statement, Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar denied the charges levelled against him in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. He had stated before the court that he was not present at the site of the riots and was falsely implicated.

The court had discharged Sajjan Kumar from the offence of murder on August 23, 2023.