The court has heard arguments from both parties, and the case has been scheduled for official framing of charges on December 16.Īlso Read: 14 Civilian Killings in Nagaland Spark Local Agitation Cops File FIR Against Army UnitĪccording to the court, after reviewing the oral and documentary evidence gathered by the investigating officer during the course of the investigation, it appears that a mob of several thousand people armed with deadly weapons planned to resort to large-scale looting, arson, or destruction of Sikh property in order to avenge the murder of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards. He stated that the matter had previously been closed as untraced in 1994, and that the SIT had reopened it. The complaint was filed as FIR 458/91 at Police Station Saraswati Vihar in Delhi when an eyewitness recognised Sajjan Kumar after viewing a photograph of him. In September, the Supreme Court dismissed Sajjan Kumar’s petition for release on medical grounds.Ī Delhi court has charged Congress politician Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riots case involving the death of two Sikh men in Raj Nagar in 1984, Sardar Jaswant Singh and Sardar Tarun Deep Singh.Īccording to Advocate Harpreet Singh Hora, the court has charged the former Congress MP with rioting, murder, and dacoity under sections 147, 149, 148, 302, 308, 323, 395, 397, 427, 436, and 440 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).The matter has been scheduled for formal framing of charges on December 16.
Rioting, murder, and dacoity charges have been filed against former Congress MP.
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