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April 29, 2025
A Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi sentenced former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, specifically in the Saraswati Vihar violence case. This is the second life sentence handed to Kumar, who is already serving a term for his involvement in the Delhi Cantonment riots case.
During the hearing, the Delhi Police and the victims urged the court to classify the case as “rarest of the rare” and demanded capital punishment for the former MP. In their written submission, the police argued that this case was even more gruesome than the Nirbhaya case, as it targeted an entire community rather than an individual.
“The 1984 Sikh massacre was a crime against humanity,” the prosecution stated, emphasising the brutality and scale of the violence.
