Sajjan Kumar Convicted in a 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

The Rouse Avenue court convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

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This case is linked with the killing of a father-son duo in Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984. Sajjan Kumar is serving a life sentence in another anti-Sikh riots case of Delhi Cantt. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the judgment and convicted Kumar.

Sajjan Kumar was produced physically before the court. On January 31, the court had reserved the order after hearing additional submissions by the public prosecutor Manish Rawat. This case is related to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh in Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.

Advocate Anil Sharma had submitted that Sajjan Kumar's name was not there from the very beginning, the law of foreign land is not applicable in this case, and there was a delay of 16 years in naming Sajjan Kumar by the witness.