New Delhi: After the Karkardooma court acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, All India Sikhs Students Federation President Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad hurled a shoe at the judge inside the courtroom. Karnail Singh was later arrested.
His lawyer said that he hurled the shoe not with the intention to hit the judge, but to express his anger against the judiciary. He added that Karnail Singh was ready to face the consequences.
The acquittal of Sajjan Kumar resulted in protests outside the trial court. A shoe was also thrown at the judge inside the court reportedly. "If Sajjan can't be hanged, then I should be hanged," said Jagdish Kaur, a witness and petitioner in the case.
Sajjan Kumar has been acquitted of all charges in a case relating to the anti-Sikh riots. The case relates to the murder of five Sikhs in the Raj Nagar area of Delhi Cantonment on November 1, 1984 following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards....
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03:50 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was on Tuesday acquitted of all charges in a case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. District and Sessions Judge JR Aryan acquitted Kumar while convicting five others - Balwan Khokkar, an ex-councillor, Mahender Yadav, an ex-MLA, Kishan Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal - for their involvement in the case. The pronouncement of judgement witnessed a huge uproar by the protesters one of...
03:06 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Nearly three decades after 2,500 Sikhs were killed in the 1984 riots, a Delhi court will on Tuesday pronounce its verdict on the role of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others in the killing of Sikhs. The case against Sajjan Kumar was opened on the recommendation of the Nanavati Commission. Sajjan Kumar has maintained a stoic silence on his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In the...
08:24 AM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday fixed April 30 for pronouncing its judgement in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others are accused. District Judge JR Aryan said he required no clarification from the counsel for CBI and the accused. "Come on April 30 for judgement," the judge said right after taking his seat in the court room. The court had earlier...
03:46 PM, Apr 16, 2013
An unclaimed laptop bag found outside the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantonment area on Monday led to a security scare. The Delhi Police and bomb disposal squad reached the spot after getting the alert and found that the black laptop bag contained a device with circuits. ...
05:06 PM, Feb 25, 2013
It's well know that the Indian Army is short of officers, but not so well known is that it doesn't have a permanent headquarters. Practically, everywhere the Army and the Navy sit in Delhi is a temporary accommodation and the situation seems unlikely to improve. ...
03:46 PM, Jan 25, 2013
New Delhi: An officer of the Indian Army died after suffering a paralytic attack during a departmental enquiry at the Delhi Cantonment on Sunday. Subedar Major Rajendra Singh's family, that is in Jaipur, alleges that he was tortured by the senior officers questioning him. The family has filed a case of murder against the Army. They say that Subedar Major Singh had exposed some senior officers in an alleged corruption...
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