Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by the Delhi High Court after cancelling his acquittal from a lower court

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been sentenced to life in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by the Delhi High Court after cancelling his acquittal from a lower court. “It is important to assure the victims that despite the challenges truth will prevail,” the High Court said.
The court said “criminals have enjoyed political patronage”, and appreciated the courage shown by the witness Jagdish Kaur for pursuing the case fearlessly.

Kumar must surrender before December 31, the court said.

The Congress leader was convicted of murder and rioting during the clashes that broke out in the wake of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards. As many as 2,800 Sikhs were killed in the violence, 2,100 in Delhi.

“The aftershock of those atrocities are still being felt,” a bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel said.

Courtesy by : NDTV