Himalaya Harbinger, Rudrapur Bureau
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, 80, who was convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, died on Thursday (August 20) at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, news agency PTI reported citing hospital sources.
The hospital has not yet disclosed the cause of his death.Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi high court in December 2018 for his role in a case involving the killing of five Sikhs and the burning of a gurdwara during the 1984 riots.
More details awaited.
