Delhi High Court extends 1984 anti-Sikh riot convict’s parole by another 3 months
The high court said that Captain Bhagmal will have to surrender after expiry of the three month parole.
The high court said that Captain Bhagmal will have to surrender after expiry of the three month parole.
Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi High Court on December 17, 2018, while describing the mass killings as 'crimes against humanity'.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) in a meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi had demanded immediate resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah for 'colossal failure' to restore normalcy.
PM Modi said Pandit Nehru himself was in 'favour of protecting minorities in Pakistan' and questioned the Congress if the former prime minister was 'communal'.
Kamal Nath was earlier was charged by the Nanavati Commission for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, but he was absolved due to lack of evidence.
Singh was speaking at a function on Wednesday to mark the 100th birth anniversary of IK Gujral, who was the 12th Prime Minister of India between April 1997 and March 1998.
Beant Singh and 16 others were killed in an explosion outside the Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995.
Sajjan Kumar was convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by the Delhi High Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In an indirect reference to MP CM Kamal Nath, PM Modi lambasted the Congress for appointing a leader who was facing allegations of the riots as a minister at the Centre and making him in-charge of Punjab.
Singh said PM Modi was unnecessarily dragging Rajiv Gandhi's name to court controversies and divert attention, with his lies, from the real issues.
