पोस्टमॉर्टम: सिख दंगों में सज्जन कुमार को उम्रकैद

1984 सिख दंगा मामले में कांग्रेस नेता सज्जन कुमार दोषी करार, उम्रकैद की सजा. सज्जन कुमार पर साबित हुआ 5 लोगों की हत्या का गुनाह. दंगा, आगजनी और भीड़ को उकसाने के लिए मिली सजा. निचली अदालत ने सज्जन कुमार को किया था बरी.

The Delhi High Court Monday sentenced Congress veteran Sajjan Kumar to life in the first conviction of a politician in the deadly anti-Sikh riots in 1984, holding it was perpetrated by those with political patronage and pushed for a new law for speedy prosecution of genocide and mass killings. Six accused, including Kumar, were sent for trial in 2010 and three years later, the lower court convicted five of the accused but acquitted the Congress leader of all the charges.