Sajjan Kumar
Sajjan Kumar (born 23 September 1945) is a controversial Indian politician belonging to the ruling Indian National Congress party. He currently is a member of 14th Lok Sabha representing Outer Delhi constituency. He was the chairman of Delhi Rural Development Board, a position he resigned from after an official commission of inquiry, along with his friend Balwan Khokhar, accused him of inciting and leading mobs to kill Sikhs during the1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom. He denies the charge, and legal proceedings were not launched because of the 'balance of probability' being in his favour even though many FIR's name him as one of the chief instigators of the mob violence.
He was indicted in the official report of the Nanavati Commission of Government of India on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots for instigating mobs to avenge the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Two witnesses, Salawati Kaur and Fota Singh, deposed that Sajjan Kumar addressed a meeting in front of Block A-4 gurdwara in Sultanpuri and gave instructions to kill Sikhs. [2]. The inquiry commission found credible evidence against Kumar, however the Indian government decided not to prosecute Sajjan Kumar due to lack of concrete evidence.
Acquittal
The Delhi police had earlier, on its own closed all the cases against Sajjan Kumar without filing any charge sheet in the Court against him. The only case, where the charge sheet was filed was handled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the basis of a complaint of Anwar Kaur that Sajjan Kumar was leading the mob that killed her husband Navin Singh at Sultanpuri in West Delhi. Court of Additional Sessions Judge Delhi acquitted Sajjan Kumar in December 2002 for lack of evidence.
1984
On April, 2004 the Indian National Congress Party announced Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Tytler, Lalit Makan, R K Anand and others allegedly involved in the anti-Sikh riots, as its candidates for Indian Parliament elections for constituencies in and around Delhi. These members of parliament were indicted for being implicit in the riots by several independent commissions of inquiries, including the People's Union for Civil Liberties, the People's Union for Democratic Rights and the Citizens' Justice Committee.
The G.T. Nanavati Commission, which is now looking into the riots, continues to receive affidavits from victims with details of the activities of Sajjan , Makan, Anand and Tytler. Tytler became minister of state with an independent charge for non-resident affairs ministry, which he resigned under duress.
