The 1984 riots, triggered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, resulted in the deaths of 2,733 people, according to the Nanavati Commission report. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case linked to the killing of a father-son duo in Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984.
Kumar, already serving a life sentence in another riots case in Delhi Cantt, was found guilty by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge. As per 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.
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. On December 16, 2021, the court put Kumar on trial and found sufficient material to form a “prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant, but had also led the mob”.
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. 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.
On December 16, 2021, the court put Kumar on trial and found sufficient material to form a “prima facie opinion that he was not only a participant, but had also led the mob”.
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