1984 anti-Sikh riots case: India TV Chairman Rajat Sharma recalls massacre
India | December 17, 2018 23:55 ISTThe high court directed Kumar (73) and other five convicts to surrender by December 31, 2018 and not to leave Delhi.
The high court directed Kumar (73) and other five convicts to surrender by December 31, 2018 and not to leave Delhi.
"Rahul Gandhi who tweets all the time, doesn't even welcome the court's decision. No Congress leader spoke on verdict. It proves that they don't have any regret on the matter," he said.
The high court said though it was "undeniable" that it took over three decades to punish the accused in the case, it was important to assure the victims that despite the challenges faced by the court, "truth will prevail and justice will be done".
The court said the life sentence awarded to the Congress leader would be for the "remainder of his life" and directed him to surrender by December 31.
While BJP leaders have taken the occasion to target the Madhya Pradesh CM designate Kamal Nath on the day of the swearing-in ceremony, Congress urged all the parties not to politicise the issue.
Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley welcomed the court’s judgement on Sajjan Kumar and termed the 1984 anti-Sikh riot case as the worst kind of genocide that we ever saw.
A prosecutor of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2012, had told a Delhi court that riots targeting the Sikhs had the "patronage" of Sajjan Kumar.
The convicts had challenged the August 27, 1996 judgment of a Sessions Court which had convicted 88 out of the 107 people arrested on November 2, 1984 for rioting, burning houses and curfew violation in Trilokpuri area of East Delhi.
In a Facebook post titled “The Legacy Of 1984”, Jaitley accused the Congress government of allowing the militancy in Punjab to go unchecked, anticipating elections towards the end of 1984.
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Death sentence for convict Yashpal, Naresh given life imprisonment
On November 15, the court had convicted both Yashpal and Naresh for killing two persons and injuring three others in south Delhi’s Mahipalpur during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
On November 1, 1984 when I stepped out to look for my goat, I saw accused Sajjan Kumar addressing the crowed and was saying 'hamari ma maar di. Sardaro ko maar do', Kaur told District Judge Poonam A Bamba.
The march, led by SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, started from Gurudwara Pratapganj and ended outside Parliament Street police station.
To hold Rahul Gandhi responsible for an act, of which he was not even aware when it happened, was completely ridiculous, said the chief minister.
BJP's national secretary R P Singh said Gandhi was trying to wash his party's hands of its alleged culpability in the riots.
In 2013, the then PM Manmohan Singh had tendered an apology in the Parliament for the violence. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi too had expressed regrets.
BJP added that Congress party is identified with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi High Court today upheld a trial court order granting anticipatory bail to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in two anti-Sikh riots cases of 1984.
New Delhi: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was today put on trial by a Delhi court which framed defamation charge against him on a complaint filed by a senior advocate representing the victims in the 1984
New Delhi: Senior advocate H S Phoolka today slammed the Centre for its decision to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases saying, it does not have powers of
Top News
Latest News
