Sikh riots: New warrant for Sajjan Kumar
TNN | Updated: Jan 23, 2019, 00:42 IST
Sajjan Kumar (File Photo)NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday issued production warrant against former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, seeking his presence from Tihar Jail authorities.
District judge Poonam A Bamba issued production warrant against Kumar — convicted last month in the riot case — after the jail authorities failed to produce him in connection with another case relating to the killing of Surjit Singh in Sultanpuri in 1984.
In the case before the trial court, three persons — Kumar, Brahmanand Gupta and Ved Prakash — are facing trial on charges of murder and rioting after riots broke out following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.
The witness, Cham Kaur, had on November 16 last year identified Kumar before the court as one who had allegedly instigated the mob to kill the Sikhs. Kaur had told the court that she had seen Kumar allegedly addressing a crowd in Delhi’s Sultanpuri in 1984.
“On November 1, 1984 when I stepped out to look for my goat, I saw Sajjan Kumar addressing the crowd saying ‘hamari ma maar di, Sardaro ko maar do’ (They killed our mother, kill the Sikhs),” Kaur told the court. She further said the next morning, her son and father were killed.
The case was transferred from Karkardooma court to Patiala House court by Delhi high court, which had also directed the district judge to video record the proceedings at the cost of the accused. Sajjan Kumar and two others — Brahmanand Gupta and Ved Prakash — had said that they were ready to bear the expenses of the videography.
District judge Poonam A Bamba issued production warrant against Kumar — convicted last month in the riot case — after the jail authorities failed to produce him in connection with another case relating to the killing of Surjit Singh in Sultanpuri in 1984.
In the case before the trial court, three persons — Kumar, Brahmanand Gupta and Ved Prakash — are facing trial on charges of murder and rioting after riots broke out following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.
The witness, Cham Kaur, had on November 16 last year identified Kumar before the court as one who had allegedly instigated the mob to kill the Sikhs. Kaur had told the court that she had seen Kumar allegedly addressing a crowd in Delhi’s Sultanpuri in 1984.
“On November 1, 1984 when I stepped out to look for my goat, I saw Sajjan Kumar addressing the crowd saying ‘hamari ma maar di, Sardaro ko maar do’ (They killed our mother, kill the Sikhs),” Kaur told the court. She further said the next morning, her son and father were killed.
The case was transferred from Karkardooma court to Patiala House court by Delhi high court, which had also directed the district judge to video record the proceedings at the cost of the accused. Sajjan Kumar and two others — Brahmanand Gupta and Ved Prakash — had said that they were ready to bear the expenses of the videography.
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