Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The case is linked with the killing of a father-son duo in the national capital’s Saraswati Vihar area on November 1, 1984.
The matter has been listed for arguments on sentencing on February 18. Sajjan Kumar is currently serving a life sentence in another anti-Sikh riots case in Delhi Cantt.
Special judge Kaveri Baweja passed the conviction order.
Sajjan Kumar was produced before the court from Tihar jail to pronounce the verdict. He was convicted for the murder of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984.
The prosecution says an armed mob resorted to large-scale looting, arson and destruction of properties of Sikhs to avenge the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The mob killed Singh and his son and looted their house. They later set the house ablaze.
The court order said that Kumar not only participated in the mob but led it.
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case
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