1984 anti-Sikh riots: Court records former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar’s statement

Asserting that helium was guiltless arsenic determination was nary grounds against him, Kumar claimed a just probe was not conducted and helium was being implicated by unsubstantiated allegations

A Delhi tribunal connected Monday recorded the connection of erstwhile Congress MP Sajjan Kumar implicit the unit successful Janakpuri and Vikaspuri areas successful the superior during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

"I was not named by immoderate of the witnesses. Decades aboriginal I was named. The lawsuit against maine is mendacious and politically motivated. I organised humor donation camps and bid marches to bring harmony successful the area. My prevarication detector trial was conducted wherever I voluntarily participated to beryllium my innocence," Kumar told Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh.

Asserting that helium was guiltless arsenic determination was nary grounds against him, Kumar claimed a just probe was not conducted and helium was being implicated by unsubstantiated allegations.

The tribunal past posted the substance connected July 29.

In February 2015, a peculiar probe squad registered 2 FIRs against Kumar based connected complaints of unit successful the areas during the anti-Sikh riots. The archetypal FIR was implicit the unit successful Janakpuri, wherever 2 men — Sohan Singh and his son-in-law Avtar Singh — were killed connected November 1, 1984.

The 2nd FIR was registered successful the lawsuit of Gurcharan Singh, who was allegedly acceptable ablaze connected November 2, 1984, successful Vikaspuri.

Kumar (79) is already serving beingness imprisonment successful different anti-Sikh riots related lawsuit and the Supreme Court has refused to assistance him bail.

He has been successful jailhouse since December 31, 2018, erstwhile helium surrendered aft being convicted and awarded beingness imprisonment by the Delhi High Court successful a lawsuit relating to the 1984 riots successful Raj Nagar-I country successful Palam Colony successful South West Delhi — successful which 5 Sikhs were killed connected November 1-2, 1984, and a gurdwara was burnt down successful Raj Nagar-II. His entreaty against condemnation and condemnation bid of the precocious tribunal is pending successful the Supreme Court.

Around 3,000 people, mostly Sikhs, were killed successful the riots that broke retired pursuing the assassination of past Prime Minister Indira Gandhi connected October 31, 1984, by her 2 Sikh bodyguards. — with PTI inputs