Protests against acquittal of Sajjan Kumar

[JSinghnz]

TNN | May 1, 2013, 02.57 PM IST

NEW DELHI: Sikh groups protested here on Wednesday demanding stringent punishment forCongress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was acquitted the day before in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The protesters gathered outside the Tilak Nagar police station in west Delhi, close to a resettlement colony of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims.

Two Metro stations in Delhi were closed in the afternoon as Sikh protesters came onto the tracks with placards and shouted slogans againstSajjan Kumar's acquittal, an official said.

The protesters were holding placards that said 'Give justice to '84 victims' and 'Hang the culprits' and shouting slogans against Sajjan Kumar's acquittal on Tuesday by a Delhi court.

A Delhi Metro official told IANS: "We had to shut the entry gates of Tilak Nagar and Subhash Nagar Metro stations in west Delhi on the Noida City Centre-Dwarka line."

"Scores of protesters entered the station and they jumped into the tracks around 12.45pm.," he said.

A train was forced to halt for around 10 minutes due to the sudden protest, the metro official said.

"The entry gates of the two stations are closed," metro official added.

According to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), who provide security to the Metro, around 60 protesters barged into Subhash Nagar metro station.

"The force was immediately rushed to the station and the protesters were evicted. The train was delayed for a few minutes," CISF spokesperson Hemendra Singh told IANS.

The protesters raised slogans against the Congress and Sajjan Kumar and demanded action against other accused in riot cases, including Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, blamed for instigating a mob that led to the murder of three men in a gurdwara in north Delhi on Nov 1, 1984.

On April 10, a Delhi court ordered the reopening of the case against Tytler.

Sajjan Kumar was acquitted on Tuesday by a Delhi court in a case related to the killing of five people in the Delhi Cantonment area during violence against Sikhs following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi Oct 31, 1984.

His acquittal came almost three decades after an estimated 3,000 Sikhs were killed in three days of riots in India's capital and elsewhere.

"After 30 years we are yet to get justice. Government should feel ashamed. We will never forget and forgive who allowed culprits get scot free. We want justice," one of the protesters said.

Sikh groups in Jammu also held protests over the acquittal of Kumar and blocked the Jammu-Kashmir Highway.

Activists of several Sikh organisations led by Harjeet Singh sat on a dharna and took out demonstrations at Digiana on the outskirts of the city.

Raising anti-government slogans, the protesters termed the acquittal of the Congress leader as an "injustice" to the Sikh community in the country.

"Injustice has been done with us--the judgement has shown that Sikhs are second class citizens of the country", Singh told reporters here.

"3000 Sikhs were killed on the roads of Delhi--they were brutally murdered--their houses were burnt down," he said, adding the judgement has shocked the entire Sikh community, who were hoping for justice.

"We will fight back. We want justice. We don't have any faith in the Congress government", he said.

In Talab Tiloo area of Jammu, a group of Sikh youth held demonstrations against the acquittal of Kumar.

"Hearts of all Sikhs are weeping over the judgement," Charanjeet Singh, a protester, said.

(With inputs from PTI and IANS)

[Jonny101]

I am not even surprised he was acquitted. Yet they found Prof Bhullar as guilty even without proof. Double standards

[JSinghnz]

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[JSinghnz]

Will challenge Sajjan Kumar's acquittal: Shiromani Akali Dal

New Delhi, May 1: Terming as “very unfortunate” the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday said it will challenge the court order and demanded the setting up of a court- monitored Special Investigation Team to probe the riot cases.

“The acquittal of Sajjan Kumar is sad and very unfortunate. We will challenge it in a higher court,” Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said.

Badal said while there was direct evidence against Kumar in the anti-Sikh riots case, he wondered how the Congress leader alone was left out while all other accused in the case have been convicted based on the evidence against them.

“Everyone in the country knows he (Kumar) was directly involved. There was direct evidence against him by witnesses who had come forward. The Sikh community is feeling very sad that justice has not been given,” the chief minister said.

SAD president and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “This is the saddest day in the history of Sikhs and India. We will appeal in a higher court. We will continue to fight till we get justice.”

“The way CBI was used to save the guilty in the coal scam, in Sajjan Kumar’s case and also the whole CBI team was used by the Congress party to save him,” Sukhbir said.

Bathinda MP Harsimrat Badal said, “Congress has used all its political clout and power to save Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case because they knew that Kumar will reveal the names of all those at whose behest he had done so.”

“If there can be a court-monitored SIT for the Godhra riots in Gujarat, why can’t it be there for the anti-Sikh riots in which thousands of Sikhs were killed and no convictions taken place? We will demand a SIT monitored by the court,” she said.

http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/will-challenge-sajjan-kumar-s-acquittal-shiromani-akali-dal-9823.html

[JSinghnz]

Sajjan Kumar annouced price for Sikhs heads after Zaqria Khan and meer manoo.

"Who have killed Roshan Singh and Bhaag singh, would get 1000 Rs. each and whoever will kill Sikhs would get 500 Rs. per killing"- Sajjan Kumar.

(Source-Nanavati Commission report, tabled in the parliament of India in 2005).

Jarnail Singh

[JSinghnz]

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[SikhWorldTv]

Sometimes it becomes toooooo much and you need to regroup - we will overcome every hurdle these demons throw at us we "just" need to UNITE