In both the chargesheets, Kumar, a former MP from Outer Delhi Constituency, has been accused of murder and promoting enmity between classes under section 302 and 153-A.
In a major setback to veteran Delhi Congress politician Sajjan Kumar, the Central Bureau of Investigation has charged him with murder and instigating a mob during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Within days of getting a go-ahead from Delhi’s lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna to prosecute Kumar — a former member of parliament from Outer Delhi — the agency submitted its charge sheet in two cases that were registered in Sultanpuri and Delhi cantonment police stations.
A seven-member Sikh family was hacked to death in Sultanpuri while a five-member Sikh family was burnt to death in Delhi cantonment.
Investigators have charged Kumar with murder (section 302), promoting enmity between different communities (section 153-A) and criminal conspiracy (section 120 B). Apart from Kumar, the agency has also named four more people in the Sultanpuri riots case and seven more people in the killing of Sikhs in the Delhi cantonment case.
The CBI filed its chargesheet in the court of Kaveri Baweja, the chief metropolitan magistrate, who later forwarded both the charge sheets to the court of Lokesh Kumar, the additional chief metropolitan magistrate. The next hearing is scheduled for Monday at the Karkardooma court.
“The charge sheet against Sajjan Kumar has vindicated my stand. It is time Congress politician Jagdish Tytler is also prosecuted. Both of them should be kicked out of the party to ensure fair trial,” said Jarnail Singh, the journalist who had thrown his shoe at home minister P Chidambaram as a sign of protest.
The noose around Kumar had first started to tighten after Justice GT Nanavati Commission had recommended action against him in its anti-Sikh riot investigations.
The commission was set up to investigate the deaths of around 2,000 Sikhs on the streets of the national capital, a few days after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Although the inquiry commission had submitted its report in 2005, it has taken almost five years for the investigators to frame charges against Kumar.
This is not the first time Kumar has faced a setback because of his alleged involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. During the Lok Sabha elections in April 2009, the Congress was forced to withdraw the name of Sajjan Kumar after Sikh voters threatened to vote against the party.
Apart from Sajjan Kumar, Congress politicians HKL Bhagat and Jagdish Tytler were named in the Nanavati Commission report.
The report charged them with instigating the mob to kill Sikh families. Although Bhagat passed away, cases against Tytler and Kumar are still continuing.
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