Mahender Yadav claimed he was not involved in any manner in the riots and he had already been acquitted by a city court earlier in another 1984 riot related case.
A former MLA, facing trial along with Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case relating to killing of six persons in Delhi Cantonment area, today claimed innocence before a city court saying it was a conspiracy to ruin his political career.
"I was not involved in the 1984 riots. It was a conspiracy to tarnish my image and political career," Mahender Yadav, who is an aide of Sajjan, told Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta.
Yadav claimed he was not involved in any manner in the riots and he had already been acquitted by a city court earlier in another 1984 riot related case.
In his defence, Yadav submitted he was deliberately made a target in this case in an illegal manner.
Four prosecution witnesses -- Nirpreet Kaur, Joginder Singh, Jagdish Kaur and Jagsher Singh -- had deposed against Yadav and also identified him in the court.
The court is likely to begin recording of statement of third accused Kishan Khokkar from Monday while Sajjan Kumar is expected to be testify before the court on July 13.
The court had yesterday concluded the recording of the statement of former city councillor Balwan Khokkar, another accused in the case.
Balwan Khokkar had said he did not participate in the 1984 carnage in which several Sikhs were killed, contending that he rather helped them by giving shelter.
Besides Sajjan, Balwan and Yadav, other accused in the case are Krishan Khokkar, Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal.
The case against Sajjan was registered on GT Nanavati commission's recommendation. CBI had filed two charge sheets against him and others in January last year.
The trial court had framed charges against Sajjan Kumar and five others under Sections 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 427 (mischief to cause damage to property), 153A (promoting enmity between different communities) and other provisions of IPC.
Sajjan Kumar is facing prosecution in two cases in which he has been accused of inciting a mob against the Sikh community following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, which had triggered anti-Sikh riots in Delhi and elsewhere in the country.
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