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As news of Sajjan Kumar's death spreads, handful of supporters gather at Safdarjung
August 21, 2026 2:41 am
Kumar, who had been lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail since he was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018, died at Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday afternoon.
Sajjan Kumar dies on day court was to hear his 1984 riots appeal
August 20, 2026 4:50 pm
Sajjan Kumar had been lodged in Tihar Jail since 2018, and he was brought to Safdarjung Hospital from the prison on Thursday (August 20) morning
Sajjan Kumar, the rise and fall of a Congress strongman convicted in anti-Sikh riots
August 21, 2026 2:47 am
The former Congress leader was considered a close confidant of Sanjay Gandhi and was a three-time Lok Sabha MP from Outer Delhi.
Ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, jailed for murder during '84 anti-Sikh riots, dies
August 20, 2026 3:51 pm
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life over the killing of five members of a Sikh family during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Court acquits Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case: ‘One can't be found guilty because he was involved in similar offences'
January 23, 2026 2:35 pm
The court also ruled that testimonies of defence witnesses did not aid Kumar’s case.
‘Govt failed to defend the case properly’: Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal shocks 1984 riot victims’ families in Punjab
January 22, 2026 6:55 pm
A Delhi court acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on Thursday in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, saying there is ‘no evidence of instigating any such mob’ and ‘of conspiracy’ in connection with the violence in Janakpuri and Vikaspuri.
‘Complainant planted in political vendetta by probe agency’: Sajjan Kumar challenges conviction in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
October 18, 2025 12:25 am
The appeal, listed for hearing before a Delhi High Court bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain on Friday, has been adjourned to November 19
‘Not an iota of evidence’: former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar claims innocence in 2 cases linked to 1984 riots
July 07, 2025 1:48 pm
The cases pertain to the deaths of Sohan Singh and Avtar Singh who were killed in Janakpuri, and Gurcharan Singh, who was set ablaze in Vikaspuri, amid the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
‘Brutal, reprehensible’: Court hands Sajjan Kumar life term in another anti-Sikh riots case
February 26, 2025 2:49 am
Sajjan Kumar is lodged in Tihar Jail, where he is serving a life sentence in another case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
‘Even if Sajjan Kumar is sentenced to death, we can’t get back the life we lost’: 1984 riot victims recount their pain
February 25, 2025 4:58 pm
Even as former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar awaits the court’s order on the quantum of punishment to be awarded in connection with a 1984 case, families displaced in the aftermath of the riots continue to be haunted by its horrors.
SAJJAN KUMAR VIDEOS
Delhi HC sends Sajjan Kumar to jail for life in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case
June 22, 2020 6:07 pm
After 34 years, the Delhi High Court held Sajjan Kumar guilty of being involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Here's what the court said and how political leaders reacted.
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