Sajjan Kumar

New Delhi (National Times)– The prosecution has urged the court to hand down the death penalty to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, convicted for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Rouse Avenue Court had found him guilty of orchestrating the murders of Jaswant Singh and Tarundeep Singh in Delhi’s Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984. Prosecution Calls for Maximum Punishment During the sentencing hearing, Additional Public Prosecutor Manish Rawat pressed for capital punishment, stating that this was a "rarest of rare" case, in which innocent civilians were massacred solely due to their religious identity. Rawat argued that the…

Amritsar, February 12, 2025: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has welcomed the Delhi Rouse Avenue Court’s conviction of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 Sikh Genocide, calling for the strictest punishment. Advocate Dhami stated that the 1984 Sikh Genocide remains one of the darkest chapters in human history, and despite four decades, victims are still struggling for justice, which is a shame for the world’s largest democracy. He emphasized that Sajjan Kumar’s conviction should serve as a precedent and urged that all other accused Congress leaders, including Jagdish Tytler, must…