New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Families of victims and Sikh leaders on Wednesday welcomed former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar's conviction in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case, demanding the harshest punishment to him. Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Virendra Sachdeva and newly elected MLA RP Singh welcomed the conviction and credited the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for unearthing evidence that led to the verdict.
Kumar, 79, has been found guilty in a case involving the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh in Saraswati Vihar on November 1, 1984. He now faces a maximum of death penalty and a minimum of life term in prison after being convicted on Wednesday by a Delhi court in a murder case stemming from the 1984 anti-...