Former MP and Congress Leader Sajjan Kumar’s request seeking more time to surrender after he was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was rejected by the Delhi High Court on Friday.
Earlier in the week, The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress Leader and Former MP Sajjan Kumar and sentence him life imprisonment in connection to 1984 anti-Sikh riots that took place in the capital following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indra Gandhi. He has to surrender by 31st December 2018.
Kumar has been found guilty by Court for the killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar and the torching of a gurdwara in Delhi on November 1, 1984.
The 73-year-old Kumar had approached the Court to seek more time, till January 31, to surrender, saying that he has three children and eight grandchildren and needs to settle matters related to his property.
Kumar’s lawyer had said they need some more time to file an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the high court’s verdict in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Besides Congress‘ Sajjan Kumar, Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal and former Congress councilor Balwan Khokhar have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Delhi High Court on Monday also extends the life imprisonment of other two convicts, Kishan Khokkar and former legislator Mahendra Yadav from 3 years to 10 years.
As per the official records, more than 2700 Sikhs were killed across the nation after the Assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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