Ludhiana, Feb. 26 -- Following a Delhi court's decision on Tuesday to award life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, members of the Danga Peedit Welfare Society, Ludhiana, expressed disappointment, insisting that he should have been given the death penalty.

Surjit Singh, president of the society, argued that the court had held Kumar responsible for the murder of two persons, including Jaswant Singh and his son, on November 1, 1984.

He was found guilty of leading and inciting the mob, which, according to Singh, made it a "rarest of rare" case deserving the harshest punishment.

"Kumar is already serving a life sentence in Tihar Jail after being convicted by the Delhi high ...