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"We are confident that Jagdish Tytler will also be behind bars": HS Phoolk
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
A 2012 sting operation conducted by Manjit Singh GK, former president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), was presented as evidence. In the sting, Tytler allegedly admitted to killing 100 Sikhs and boasted about his power.
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1984 riots: Court records statement of former chief of Delhi Sikh body aga
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Appearing before special judge Jitendra Singh, GK testified that in 2018 he had received an envelope containing a letter and a pen drive allegedly containing the voice recording of Tytler about his role in the riots.
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1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: SC directs Delhi HC Registry to file progress report
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Registry of the Delhi High Court to file a progress report on four suo moto revision petitions pending before the High Court in the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots' murder cases.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots Tytler case: Delhi court records evidence of Forensic
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Rouse Avenue court on Thursday recorded the evidence of Deputy Director (Photo Division) of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) concerning the Pul Bangash Sikh Killings linked to 1984 Anti Sikh riots.
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"BJP just wants to take false credit": Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema
Updated : 1 year ago IST
His comments followed the Delhi Court's decision to sentence Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to jail in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Cheema also accused the BJP of taking "false credit," asserting that it was the Supreme Court that had constituted the committee for the case.
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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Sajjan Kumar given maximum possible sentence, s
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Earlier in the day, a Delhi court sentenced Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment in connection with the killing of a father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. This followed his conviction on February 12 for their murders.
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SGPC says life term for Sajjan Kumar came 'too late,' calls it insufficien
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"I think this punishment has come very late--it has been almost 43 years since the incident. After 40-43 years, justice is no longer justice; it becomes a mere formality. But better late than never. I thank the lawyers who supported us in this fight. However, I think life imprisonment is muc
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"Not the rarest of rare": Court rejects death penalty plea, awards two lif
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The court considered a report from jail authorities citing Kumar's good conduct and noted that he is suffering from multiple ailments.
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"Jagdish Tytler and Kamal Nath are next": Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh S
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"Sajjan Kumar has been awarded life imprisonment. I thank Prime Minister Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for constituting the SIT and reopening the case. These cases were closed for 35 years, and people like Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, and Kamal Nath continued to roam freely as C
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"We are upset that someone like Sajjan Kumar has not been given death pena
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Speaking to the media, Kahlon said that justice would have prevailed even if Kumar was given life imprisonment.
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Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar sentenced to life in case related to killi
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Delhi Court on Tuesday awarded life sentence to the accused Sajjan Kumar in a case related to killing the father-son duo in the Saraswati Vihar area during the 1984 Anti Sikh riots.
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Sikh Community calls for death penalty for Sajjan Kumar in 1984 riots case
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Ahead of the trial court's pronouncement of the sentence for Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, members of the Sikh community led by Sikh leader Gurlad Singh organized a protest in front of the court on Tuesday.
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