New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Jagdip Singh Kahlon, General Secretary of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, on Thursday criticised the acquittal of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, calling the Rouse Avenue Court's decision "lenient".

Speaking to ANI, he said that despite the statements of five different eyewitnesses to the former MP's involvement in the "mob during the Sikh riots", he was acquitted by the district court. The General Secretary called the decision "unfortunate and saddening".

He said, "The court's decision is very unfortunate and saddening. Sajjan Kumar was involved in the killing of three Sikhs, and stone pelting was carried out on Sikh homes. Despite five different witnesses giving their s...