Sajjan Kumar becomes a Liver: What happened during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi? Explained cases

Last update:February 25, 2025, 15:13 Ist

Sit, who probed the case of Saraswati Vihar, said Sajjan Kumar, who was a parliamentarian to the Congress for Outer Delhi, led a crowd that burned Jaswant Singh and his son Tar for Singh and destroyed his house in 1984

The former Congress MP, Sajjan Kumar, received life imprisonment on Tuesday, following his conviction in killing a man and his son from Saraswati Vihar, in Delhi, during the 1984 anti-Sikh revolts.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the decision for the killing of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarardeep Singh on November 1, 1984.

Kumar, deposited in Tihar prison, already executes a life sentence following his 2018 sentence by the High Court of Delhi, in a separate case related to the anti-Sikh revolts.

The court requested a report from Tihar prison on the psychiatric and psychological evaluation of Kumar, given a decision of the Supreme Court requesting such a report in cases that attract the capital punishment.

Last week, the criminal prosecution filed written submissions requesting the death penalty, arguing that Kumar’s role in revolts was raised to cleaning genocide and ethnic.

What were the 1984 anti-Sikh riots?

Delhi witnessed violence and large -scale killings from the Sikhe community following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by his body guards in 1984.

The news of her death sparked violent attacks on Sikhs by her supporters in Delhi and beyond, with almost 3,000 killed in a few days.

The riots were the most serious in the trans-yamuna areas in Delhi, including sultans, mangoPs and trilokp.

At the beginning of 1984, Gandhi ordered military actions against the golden temple in Amritsar, where many Sikhi were killed.

Almost 400 people, including soldiers and pilgrims, were killed in the “Blue Star operation”. Sikhe groups challenge this number, claiming that thousands of people have died. The raid was ordered after a separate Khalistan call was made.

How many cases have they been submitted?

According to the report of the Nanavati Commission, a total of 587 threads were registered in Delhi in relation to the riots in which 2,733 people were killed. Out of the total, the police have closed about 240 cases as “untouched” and about 250 cases led to payments. Currently, there are 20 pending cases.

However, only in May 2023, the Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) submitted a sheet of accusation against the Congress leader, Jagdish Tytler, for his alleged role in killing three people on November 1, 1984.

CBI assumed that Tytler “incited, instigated and caused the Bangash Gurdwara Azad area in the national capital on November 1, 1984. The incident led to Gurdwara and the killing of Thakur Singh, Badal Singh and Guru Charan Singh. .

The main lawyer HS Phoolka represented the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh revolts in several cases over the decades. He said that Tytler’s cases are a rare one in Indian history, because they were reopened after three consecutive closing reports in 2007, 2009 and 2014, offering a clean kit.

What are the cases against Sajjan Kumar?

Sajjan Kumar, a leader of the influential Congress and a parliamentarian at that time, was convicted in a case related to the killing of the father-son duo in Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984.

The special investigation team (site), who tested this case, claimed that Kumar, who was then the Congress MP for Outer Delhi, led a crowd that burned Jaswant Singh and his son Tar for Singh (two Sikhi men) , destroyed and robbed their houses acting on its indications.

In this case, Fi was registered in 1991, based on a statement of statement of September 9, 1985, given by the applicant before the Commission of Justice Rantanath Mishra, who was appointed in 1985 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi “to ask about organized violence. to have taken place in Delhi and also disorders of Bokaro Tehsil and Chas Tehsil (both in the current Jharkhand) as well as At Kanpur and to recommend measures that can be adopted to prevent the recurrence of these incidents, “according to The Indian Express.

Currently, he is filed in the Tihar prison that executes a life sentence sent by the High Court of Delhi in 2018, in a case related to the killing of five Sikhi at Raj Nagar Part I in Palam Colony, on November 1-2, 1984, and The Burning Down Down of a Gurdwara in Raj Nagar Part II.

A court in Delhi paid Kumar in September 2023, in a case related to the killing of seven sikhi during the revolts. One case is pending against Kumar in the court of Rouse Avenue, two appeals against his acquittals are pending at the High Court, and an appeal against his conviction in a case is pending at the Supreme Court.

What do the victims say?

A series entitled “Genocide of 1984 Quest for Justice”, developed by the main lawyer HS Phoolka and his team, was launched in November 2024.

“The events of 1984 marked not only the killing of countless citizens, but also the death of justice itself. The entire legal system collapsed. The orbit statue of Lady Justice reflected the blindness of the judges who failed to see the atrocities around them – in the courtrooms and in their neighborhoods, “said Phoolka.

Darshan Kaur, one of the victims who lived in the trilokpuri, said they are breastfeeding two young children and a child at the time of revolts. She told a crowd inside her house and attacked her family members.

Meanwhile, those at the forefront of the legal struggle on behalf of the victims and their relatives, say, while there have been significant landmarks – the reopening of cases and the criminal prosecution of political weights – the road to justice is a long one.

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