SAJJAN, OTHERS CHARGED FOR SIKH RIOTS

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets against former MP Sajjan Kumar and several others in three cases registered after the anti-Sikhs riots 1984. The cases were registered at Sultanpuri and Delhi Cantonment police stations. Kumar, along with the others, has been chargesheeted under various Sections, including murder (302), destruction of evidence (201), spreading enmity between two communities (153-A), etc. In the consolidated chargesheet filed in two cases of Sultanpuri (FIR numbers 250/84 and 252/84), CBI has charged Sajjan Kumar, Ved Prakash Pal, Priya Sansi, Khushal Singh and Brahmanand Gupta. In the riot at Sultanpuri after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, Kumar led a mob of 300 to 400 to a park in B-2 block on the morning of November 1, the chargesheet says. “Investigations revealed that Sajjan Kumar gave provocative speeches, promoted instant and violent enmity against Sikhs and disturbed harmony,” it says. The chargesheet adds that the armed mob led by the Congress leader damaged the C-block gurudwara and other blocks of Sultanpuri, ransacked and set properties on fire. The violence led to the death of dozens of persons in the city.