Who is sajjan

Click here to join our channel indianexpress and stay updated with the latest headlines. Who is Sajjan Kumar? Kumar, who was with the Congress during the killing of former prime minister Indira Gandhi, was charged with instigating his supporters for conducting riots following the assassination in Sajjan Kumar outside the trial court in New Delhi.

The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards. Tags: Sajjan Kumar. He was convicted by the Delhi high court in December The second case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation has been transferred to a special court designated for expeditious trial of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs. The CBI had registered the case against Kumar and two others accused in It is alleged that Kumar had instigated a mob to kill Sikhs in the area.

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First elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi in , he was sworn in as the Delhi Councillor the same year. CBI had filed two charge sheets against him and the other accused in January However, a trial court had acquitted him in the case, but awarded life term to former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal and a three-year jail term to two others — former MLA Mahender Yadav and Kishan Khokhar.

The sentencing comes weeks after the Delhi high court had upheld the conviction of 88 of people arrested in connection with the anti-Sikh riots. In another case of murder of two men, a Delhi court had on November 20 awarded the death penalty to one convict and life imprisonment to another.