The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee has welcomed the verdict of the Rouse Avenue Court convicting Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 Sikh massacre case and demanded that considering the gravity of the crime, Sajjan Kumar be given the death penalty.
In a statement issued here, Delhi Gurdwara Committee President Harmeet Singh Kalka and General Secretary Jagdeep Singh Kahlon said that although the court’s verdict has come 41 years after the 1984 Sikh massacre, it is a great relief for the Sikh community. They also said that this case is a case of murder of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh and in this regard a case was registered under sections 147, 148, 149, 302, 308, 323, 395, 395, 427, 436 and 440 IPC under FIR No. 458/91 at Saraswati Vihar police station.
He said that he welcomed the court’s decision and appealed to the court to sentence the convict to death. The court will announce the sentence after hearing the arguments on February 18, 2025. He said that it is a matter of great shame that the governments of the time, instead of providing justice to the Sikh community, continued to honor and respect the culprits involved in this massacre. He said that the Delhi Gurdwara Committee has played an important role in the case and has recorded the statements of the victims/witnesses in the court. He thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for constituting the SIT to re-investigate the closed cases.
