February 1, 2010 1:16 PM

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Court issues summons against Sajjan Kumar in 84′ Sikh riot cases

A Delhi Court on Monday issued summons to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar and others after taking cognisance of the chargesheets filed against them in two cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<br/><br/>Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma sought presence of the 62-year-old Congress leader and others before the court on February 17.<br/><br/>The magistrate said that after perusing the chargesheets including the statements of the witnesses, prima-facie case of murder, rioting and other offences were made out against the accused.<br/><br/>The court, however, declined a plea of CBI and the victim's counsel to issue non-bailable warrant against the accused, saying that there is no complaint of criminal intimidation of any of the witnesses.

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