New Delhi, March 28
A key prosecution witness in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case told a Delhi court on Thursday that Sajjan Kumar had instigated the mob to kill Sikhs.
The witness, Joginder Singh, also identified Kumar, who was present before District Judge Poonam A Bamba, as the person who instigated the mob.
“When I went to lodge an FIR, the police had declined to name Sajjan Kumar in the FIR. Sajjan Kumar was the person who was leading the mob and provoking them,” the witness said in his statement while being examined by advocate Tarannum Cheema, appearing for the prosecution.
Joginder Singh had lost his brother in the riots.
The court has now posted the matter for April 9 for further proceedings in the case.
Earlier, two other key prosecution witnesses — Cham Kaur and Sheela Kaur — had identified Kumar as the one who had instigated the mob in Sultanpuri.
The case was transferred from Karkardooma court to Patiala House court here by the Delhi High Court, which directed the district judge to video record the proceedings at the cost of the accused. — PTI
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