1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar denies allegations, says he was falsely implicated

New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Former Congre MP Sajjan Kumar denied the charge levelled againt him in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cae. He tated before a Roue Avenue court that he wa not preent at the ite of the riot and wa falely implicated.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh recorded the tatement of Sajjan Kumar, who i an accued in the cae.
The court recorded hi tatement in a cae lodged in Janak Puri and Vika Puri and invetigated by the SIT.
The Janakpuri cae pertain to the killing of two Sikh, Sohan Singh and hi on-in-law Avtar Singh, on November 1, 1984. And econd cae wa regitered at Vikapuri police tation related to the burning of Gurcharan Singh on November 2, 1984.
Advocate Anil Kumar Sharma, along with advocate Anuj Sharma and Apoorv Sharma, appeared for Sajjan Kumar.
During the recording of hi tatement, Sajjan Kumar tated that allegation againt him are fale and he ha been falely implicated in thi cae.
In repone to a quetion that he wa identified by a witne, Sajjan Kumar tated that he wa not there. He alo aid that he wa a Congre party member and wa an MP. He wa known to the public, anyone can take hi name. Hi name came in thi cae for the firt time in 2016. He wa not named by anyone initially.
He aid that earlier, an un-trace report wa filed. The allegation againt me are politically motivated. The witnee cited are levelling freh allegation againt me to etablih the cae, Sajjan Kumar aid.
In hi defence, Sajjan Kumar aid that he alo gave hi conent for a lie detector tet. He alo organied a blood camp.
It wa further tated by Sajjan Kumar that he wa granted anticipatory bail in the ame cae. I have been not aigned any role in relation to the ame incident, he added.
The court had dicharged Sajjan Kumar from the offence of murder on Augut 23, 2023.
The Court had framed Charge againt Sajjan Kumar under ection of IPC 147 (Punihment for rioting), 148 (Rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (offence i committed by any member of unlawful aembly in proecution of the common object of that aembly), 153 (promoting enmity between different group), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worhip, with intent to inult the religion of any cla), 307 (attempt of murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 323 (deal with punihment for voluntarily cauing hurt), 395 (punihment for dacoity) and 426 (punihment for michief) etc.
Special Judge MK Nagpal while ordering framing of charge, tated, Thi court i of prima facie view that the oral and documentary evidence placed on record by proecution i ufficient to hold that an unlawful aembly or mob coniting of hundred of peron and armed with deadly weapon like danda, iron rod, brick and tone etc. had gathered near the Gurudwara ituated in Gulab Bagh, Nawada on November 1, 1984.
Court had noted that the accued Sajjan Kumar wa alo a part of the aid mob, and common object of the aid mob wa to put the above aid Gurudwara on fire and to burn and loot the article lying therein and alo to burn and detroy the houe of Sikh ituated in the aid locality, to damage, detroy or loot their article or property and to kill the Sikh reiding in that locality, in order to avenge killing of the then Prime Miniter Indira Gandhi.
Hence, a prima facie cae i held to be made out againt the accued Sajjan Kumar for commiion of the offence punihable under ection 147, 148, 149, 153A, 295, 307, 308, 323, 395, 436 IPC and charge are accordingly directed to be framed againt him for the aid offence.
Further, in alternative, a charge for the offence of abetment defined by Section 107 IPC and made punihable by Section 109 read with 114 IPC in relation to the above aid offence i alo directed to be framed againt the accued a the accued being principal abettor wa preent at the cene of crime, when the offence abetted by him were committed by the other unknown offender.
However, a far a the offence committed during the incident dated November 2, 1984 and which relate to the murder of Sohan Singh and Avtar Singh at the hand of member of the mob or crowd, which had gathered on that date near or outide the Congre party office in Uttam Nagar, and alo the injurie uffered by complainant Harvinder Singh in the aid incident, are concerned, the accued i being dicharged for the offence Under ection 302 and 325 IPC repectively committed in the aid incident for the reaon already dicued in thi order, court had aid. (ANI)