NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Monday surrendered ahead of a court here to serve the lifestyles sentence awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
He surrendered ahead of Metropolitan Magistrate Aditi Garg who directed that Kumar be lodged in Mandoli prison in northeast Delhi.
The court rejected Kumar's petition to be lodged within the high-security Tihar prison, but allowed his plea for safety and directed the police to take him to the jail in a separate vehicle.
A legal professional present within the courtroom mentioned the court considered Kumar's plea for safety since there used to be a danger as he used to be additionally dealing with prosecution in any other anti-Sikh riots case.
While declining his plea to be sent to Tihar prison, the court mentioned he used to be being sent to Mandoli prison in accordance with the rule.
The HC had set a deadline of December 31 for Kumar to give up and on December 21 declined his plea to increase the time by a month.
The 73-year former Congress leader has filed a petition within the Supreme Court challenging the conviction and lifestyles sentence awarded by the HC.
The excessive court on December 17 convicted and sentenced Kumar to lifestyles imprisonment for the "remainder of his natural life". After his conviction, Kumar resigned from the Congress birthday party.
The case by which Kumar used to be convicted and sentenced relates to the killing of 5 Sikhs in Raj Nagar Part-I space in Palam Colony of southwest Delhi on November 1-2, 1984 and burning down of a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar Part-II.
The riots had damaged out after the assassination of then top minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, by her two Sikh bodyguards.
Earlier within the day, former MLAs Kishan Khokhar and Mahender Yadav, who had been additionally convicted in the similar case, surrendered ahead of the court to serve their 10-year prison time period.
Besides Kumar, the others convicted within the case had been former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal.
In its judgment, the excessive court had noted that over 2,700 Sikhs had been killed within the national capital during the 1984 riots which used to be certainly a "carnage of unbelievable proportions".
It additionally mentioned the riots had been a "crime against humanity" perpetrated by those who enjoyed "political patronage" and aided by an "indifferent" legislation enforcement company.
The excessive court had additional mentioned there has been a well-recognized trend of mass killings since Partition, like in Mumbai in 1993, Gujarat in 2002 and Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in 2013, and the "common" function of each used to be the "targeting of minorities" with the attacks being "spearheaded by the dominant political actors, facilitated by law enforcement agencies".
The excessive court had put aside the trial court's 2010 verdict which had acquitted Kumar within the case.
He surrendered ahead of Metropolitan Magistrate Aditi Garg who directed that Kumar be lodged in Mandoli prison in northeast Delhi.
The court rejected Kumar's petition to be lodged within the high-security Tihar prison, but allowed his plea for safety and directed the police to take him to the jail in a separate vehicle.
A legal professional present within the courtroom mentioned the court considered Kumar's plea for safety since there used to be a danger as he used to be additionally dealing with prosecution in any other anti-Sikh riots case.
While declining his plea to be sent to Tihar prison, the court mentioned he used to be being sent to Mandoli prison in accordance with the rule.
The HC had set a deadline of December 31 for Kumar to give up and on December 21 declined his plea to increase the time by a month.
The 73-year former Congress leader has filed a petition within the Supreme Court challenging the conviction and lifestyles sentence awarded by the HC.
The excessive court on December 17 convicted and sentenced Kumar to lifestyles imprisonment for the "remainder of his natural life". After his conviction, Kumar resigned from the Congress birthday party.
The case by which Kumar used to be convicted and sentenced relates to the killing of 5 Sikhs in Raj Nagar Part-I space in Palam Colony of southwest Delhi on November 1-2, 1984 and burning down of a Gurudwara in Raj Nagar Part-II.
The riots had damaged out after the assassination of then top minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, by her two Sikh bodyguards.
Earlier within the day, former MLAs Kishan Khokhar and Mahender Yadav, who had been additionally convicted in the similar case, surrendered ahead of the court to serve their 10-year prison time period.
Besides Kumar, the others convicted within the case had been former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, retired naval officer Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal.
In its judgment, the excessive court had noted that over 2,700 Sikhs had been killed within the national capital during the 1984 riots which used to be certainly a "carnage of unbelievable proportions".
It additionally mentioned the riots had been a "crime against humanity" perpetrated by those who enjoyed "political patronage" and aided by an "indifferent" legislation enforcement company.
The excessive court had additional mentioned there has been a well-recognized trend of mass killings since Partition, like in Mumbai in 1993, Gujarat in 2002 and Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in 2013, and the "common" function of each used to be the "targeting of minorities" with the attacks being "spearheaded by the dominant political actors, facilitated by law enforcement agencies".
The excessive court had put aside the trial court's 2010 verdict which had acquitted Kumar within the case.
1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar surrenders in Delhi court
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