Sikh group offers $1 million for Sajjan Kumar's conviction

[JSinghnz]

IANS | May 2, 2013, 11.37 AM IST

NEW YORK, A US based Sikh rights group has announced a million-dollar reward for those individuals whose testimony and evidence may result in the conviction of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar.

The reward will be given to those individuals who will come forward with tips, evidence and testimony leading to the reversal of a Delhi court's judgement acquitting Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) announced.

SFJ said it would engage top advocates to prosecute the appeal against the acquittal of Kumar before Delhi High Court.

The reward presented an "opportunity for those who witnessed the killings to come forward with testimony and evidence to help victims in seeking justice against those Congress leaders who organized violence against Sikhs," SFJ legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said.

Since Kumar was acquitted on the basis of "benefit of doubt" because complainant Jagdish Kaur's testimony was not corroborated by any independent witness, SFJ will campaign to find additional witnesses relating to Kumar's role.

Several Sikh leaders in the US have expressed their "dismay and shock" at Kumar's acquittal.

Sajjan Kumar's acquittal on Tuesday came almost three decades after an estimated 3,000 Sikhs were killed in three days of riots in India's capital and elsewhere after the Oct 31, 1984, assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

[Bimringham9Singh]

This is how it should be done!

Put yourself in a position of power. Rather than £100million worth of Gurdwara buildings, there should be $1Mil USD rewards that lead to prosecutions of mass murderers.

there are 1000's of ex-punjab police who committed atrocities under orders, they had little choice- they will speak and sell their stories in exchange for safety and money.

There are 100's of unpublished photos of delhi massacres, photographers have no incentive to bring these photos out.

If SFJ has taken on this iniciative.. we should all back it. every household should commit £500 minimum!

this is progressive action, thinking outside of the norm.

WELDONE TO SFJ!!!!!

[genie]

Yeah I agree with donmega, for $1 million i'd want all those congress leaders and supporters the murderers who harmed the innocent Sikh civilians in 1984 to be taken out by hit squads as they are terrorists in our eyes. Justice can only be served this way in India it has become increasingly clear.

[Pehlvan]

Good work from SFJ as usual. We also need to identify those dhust who actually did the murdering and raping in Delhi...those who were actually on the ground. Sikhs of Delhi must know who they are as many of them were from the area. As Birmingham Singh said, there are unpublished photos and these could be used to identify these scum. These photos should be used in 'wanted' posters and put around Delhi with rewards for identifying the culprits.