In another setback to senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a Delhi court today decided to frame charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case. <br/><br/>The move comes two months after charges were framed against him in a separate case relating to the riots. Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta fixed July 5 for framing of charges against Kumar and others in connection with the killing of six persons in the case. <br/><br/>CBI is seeking prosecution of Sajjan Kumar, former outer Delhi MP, and Brahmanand Gupta, Peru, Khushal Singh and Ved Prakash for the murder of six persons at Sultanpuri area in north-west Delhi in the riots that took place in the aftermath of the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. <br/><br/>The same court had on May 28 had framed charges of murder and spreading enmity between two communities against Kumar in another anti-Sikh riots case, saying there are sufficient grounds for presuming that the violence was due to a well-planned conspiracy in Delhi Cantonment area.
News On AIR | July 1, 2010 8:52 PM
Court to frame charges against Sajjan Kumar in 1984 anti-Sikh riot case