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Witness identifies Sajjan in ‘84 riots case
The case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984-anti
Sikh riots took a fresh turn on Thursday when another witness identified him and
a co-accused before a Delhi court in connection with the killing of her father
by a mob.
Nirpreet Kaur (42) deposed before a Karkardooma court on how
former councillor Balwan Khokhar and former MLA Mahender Yadav set her father
Nirmal Singh on fire. “The mob caught hold of my father, poured kerosene oil on
him... Inspector Kaushik gave a matchbox to Kishan, who set my father on fire,”
she submitted before the Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta. “To save
himself, my father jumped into a drain. The mob then returned. Dhanraj gave
ropes from his shop. Captain Bhagmal tied my father to a telephone pole and he
was again set on fire.” She was 16 at the time of the incident.
Kaur also said she saw Sajjan Kumar inciting a mob to attack
and kill Sikhs. “Sajjan said no Sardar should be left alive. Their houses should
be burnt down,” she said. She will be cross-examined on January 10.
Source:
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/witness-identifies-sajjan-in-84-riots-case/734459/ |
