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1984 anti-sikh riot survivors feel Sajjan Kumar evaded justice: ‘Dying in jail not enough’

1984 anti-sikh riot survivors feel Sajjan Kumar evaded justice: ‘Dying in jail not enough’

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For victims and survivors of Delhi’s 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the death of former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar brought little comfort. Surjeet Singh and Atma Singh, and Popri Kaur on Thursday recall the anti-Sikh riots and the loved ones they lost to the violence in 1984. (HT Photo/Arvind Yadav) After four decades of waiting for justice, many said his death in jail felt like an abrupt end to a battle they had hoped would culminate in the harshest punishment. Ganga Kaur, 49, carries memories of the violence from a childhood she has never been able to leave behind. She lost her father, Kirpal Singh, two uncles and three cousins. She was seven when her father was called outside their home and burnt alive in front of her. “Even if you are a child, you can’t forget this,” she said. ALSO READ: Ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, jailed in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, dies The family, she said, could not even perform his last rites. “All the bodies were just thrown in the Yamuna,” she said. Sajjan Kumar, …

Ex Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Convicted In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

Ex Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Convicted In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

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New Delhi: 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. Special judge Kaveri Baweja passed the conviction order and posted the arguments on sentence on Feburary 18. Kumar was produced before court from Tihar jail for the pronouncement. The case relates to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984. Though Punjabi Bagh police station registered the case initially, a special investigation team later took over the investigation. On December 16, 2021, the court framed charges against Kumar, finding a “prima facie” case against him. 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. Putting Kumar on trial, the court …

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Verdict in murder case against Sajjan Kumar on January 8

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Verdict in murder case against Sajjan Kumar on January 8

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Congress leader and former MP Sajjan Kumar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Delhi court is likely to deliver on January 8 next year its verdict in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Monday (December 16, 2024), deferred the pronouncement. “January 8 is the next date,” the judge said. Mr. Kumar, who is currently lodged in Tihar central jail, appeared before the court through video conference. The case pertains to the alleged killings of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the anti-Sikh riots. The court had reserved the judgment after hearing the final arguments in the case related to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984. Though the Punjabi Bagh police station initially registered the case, a special investigation team subsequently took over the investigation. On December 16, 2021, the court framed charges against Mr. Kumar, finding a “prima facie” case against him. According to the prosecution, a huge …

Anti-Sikh riots Jagdish Tytler case: Complainant Lakhvinder Kaur records her statement in Delhi court

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Image Source : PTI/FILE Congress leader Jagdish Tytler Anti-Sikh riots Jagdish Tytler case: Complainant Lakhvinder Kaur recorded her statement before the Special CBI Judge in the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Thursday. Her husband Badal Singh and two others were killed in the riots outside Pul Bangash Gurudwara on November 1, 1984. The Rouse Avenue court had framed charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on September 13.  Now the matter has been listed on October 15 for her cross-examination by Tytler’s counsel. She deposed that she was told by Granthi Surender Singh that her husband Badal Singh was killed by the mob at Gurudwara Pul Bangash and Tytler was inciting the rioters. Singh told her that Tytler was telling the rioting mob “Sikho ko mar do ujad do, Gurudwara ko aag laga do” (Kill Sikhs, torch Gurudwara), she said in her statement. Chronology of events in case against Jagdish Tytler Following is the chronology of events that led to a Delhi court framing charges against Tytler in a case related to the alleged murder …

In the dock over 1984 riots, Jagdish Tytler: Sanjay Gandhi’s inner circle to key Cong, govt positions | Political Pulse News

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Sometime in the early 1970s, Rajiv Gandhi’s two-wheeler had developed a snag and would not start after one of his lessons at the Delhi Flying Club. A young man, also taking flying lessons at the club, had reportedly come to his rescue. He took Rajiv’s bike to Laxmi Bai Nagar in South Delhi, where one of his friends fixed it. The man at the flying club was Jagdish Tytler, while the one who fixed the vehicle was Arjun Dass. Tytler and Dass later went on to become Congressmen and Rajiv’s friends. On Friday, the Rouse Avenue court ordered the framing of charges against Tytler for allegedly inciting mobs to kill Sikhs near the Pul Bangash Gurudwara in Delhi during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Tytler will be charged under the Indian Penal Code sections related to murder, abetment, rioting, promoting enmity between different groups and unlawful Assembly. This is the first time that Tytler, who along with former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been named by most witnesses of the …