Sajjan Kumar Acquitted in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case - Tuesday April 30,2013

A Delhi Court on Tuesday April 30,2013 acquitted Sajjan Kumar(Former Outer Delhi MP) of all charges  in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case in which he and five others were accused.

The three of the accused - Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar and Girdhari Lal- have been found guilty

Former Outer Delhi MP, Kumar was facing trial along with five others - Balwan Khokkar, Kishan Khokkar, Mahender Yadav, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal - for allegedly conspiring and inciting a mob against the Sikh community in Delhi Cantonment area

The case related to anti-Sikh riots that had broken out after the assassination of then PM Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 when Indira Gandhi was shot dead by two of her bodyguards at her residence

The present case dealt with the death of five Sikhs - Kehar Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Raghuvender Singh, Narender Pal Singh and Kuldeep Singh - who were members of the same family and were killed by the mob in Delhi Cant's Raj Nagar area