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Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar convicted for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. This latest verdict includes the murders of Jaswant Singh and his son. The court will determine his sentence, potentially life imprisonment or the death penalty, on February 18.

Sajjan Kumar Found Guilty in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots

Sajjan Kumar convicted again in 1984 anti-Sikh riots

A Delhi court has found Sajjan Kumar guilty for murders during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, marking his second conviction.&nbsp;

With a Delhi Court finding former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar guilty, it is his second conviction with respect to 1984 anti-Sikh riots and he faces two more cases.
Kumar&rsquo;s conviction came in a case over the murders of two persons, namely, Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh during the violence in Delhi&rsquo;s Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984.
The judge would hear on February 18 the arguments on the quantum of punishment. The case attracts a maximum punishment of death penalty and life-term imprisonment as the minimum sentence.
Kumar was awarded life imprisonment by the high court in a case over the killings of five Sikhs in Raj Nagar Part-I area in Palam Colony of southwest Delhi on November 1-2, 1984 and burning down of a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar Part-II.
His appeal against the conviction is pending in the Supreme Court.
Two other appeals are currently pending before the high court against his acquittal in two other cases by the trial courts.
In the Delhi trial courts, there are two cases pending against Kumar, including one related to the violence near a Gurdwara situated in Gulab Bagh, Nawada, in which a judge put him on trial in August 2023.
A Delhi court is also conducting trial in a case related to riots in Janakpuri and Vikaspuri areas in 1984.
According to a report of Nanavati Commission, constituted to probe the violence and its aftermath, there were 587 FIRs filed in Delhi in relation to the riots that saw killings of 2733 people. Of the total, about 240 FIRs were closed by police as &ldquo;untraced&rdquo; and 250 cases resulted in acquittal.
Only 28 cases of 587 FIRs resulted in convictions, in which about 400 persons were convicted. About 50 were convicted for murder, including Kumar.
Currently there are about 20 cases pending in various courts in the national capital.&nbsp;

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court acquits former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar

A Special Judge also acquitted two other accused, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the case of murder and rioting against them.Congress MP Sajjan Kumar

A Delhi court Wednesday acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the killing of a person during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, giving him the &ldquo;benefit of doubt&rdquo;.
Special Judge Geetanjli Goel also acquitted two other accused -- Ved Prakash Pial and Brahmanand Gupta -- holding that the prosecution failed to prove the case of murder and rioting against them. A Sikh man Surjit Singh was killed during the incident in Sultanpuri.
&ldquo;The accused Sajjan Kumar is given the benefit of the doubt and acquitted for the offence&rdquo; the judge said.
Kumar was accused of various offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc. (Section 153A), abetment of any offence (Section 109), murder (Section 302) and rioting (147).
The riots had broken out after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.
Kumar is currently lodged in Tihar jail after a conviction in another case related to the riots.&nbsp;

Actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh has said that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots should be called a genocide. 
"We should not call it riots, the right word is genocide. When there is a two-sided fight between people, then it is a riot. According to me, it should be called a genocide," Dosanjh, who was born in January the same year, told PTI in an interview.
“It is not that it happened to one or a few people. I know it happened collectively, with all of us. If I talk about some incidents, it will be personal. I have been hearing about it since I was born and we are still living with it,” he said.
The deep-rooted trauma continues to be part of the community, the 38-year-old actor added.
Dosanjh's next film 'Jogi' is set during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that erupted in Delhi and other parts of the country after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984. Over 3,000 Sikhs were reportedly killed across India. Most were killed in Delhi.
Dosanjh, who plays the titular role in the movie, said the film is a "collective" view of the real-life incidents that took place in 1984.
(with PTI inputs)

'Killing of Sikhs in 1984 not riots but genocide': Diljit Dosanjh

Actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh has said that the killing of Sikh in 1984 should not be called 'riots', it should be called a 'genocide'. 

Dosanjh, who was born in January the same year, told PTI in an interview that when there is a two-sided fight between people, then it is a riot and according to him killing of Sikhs in 1984 was a genocide.&nbsp;

Actor and singer Diljit Dosanjh has said that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots should be called a genocide.&nbsp;
"We should not call it riots, the right word is genocide. When there is a two-sided fight between people, then it is a riot. According to me, it should be called a genocide," Dosanjh, who was born in January the same year, told PTI in an interview.
&ldquo;It is not that it happened to one or a few people. I know it happened collectively, with all of us. If I talk about some incidents, it will be personal. I have been hearing about it since I was born and we are still living with it,&rdquo; he said.
The deep-rooted trauma continues to be part of the community, the 38-year-old actor added.
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Dosanjh, who plays the titular role in the movie, said the film is a "collective" view of the real-life incidents that took place in 1984.
(with PTI inputs)
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