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	\| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[~~British~~ India]]		\| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
	\| residence = [[New Delhi]]		\| residence = [[New Delhi]]
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	\| party = [[Indian National Congress]] till 2018		\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]1974 till 2018 December


	\| spouse = Ram Kaur		\| spouse = Ram Kaur
	\| children =		\| children =
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	\| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2871&lastls=14		\| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2871&lastls=14
	\| known_for = Life imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]		\| known_for = Life imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]
			Active 1980 to 2009
	}}		}}
	'''Sajjan Kumar''' (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Delhi]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]].<ref name="Times_Resign">{{cite news \|title=Sajjan Kumar writes to Rahul Gandhi, resigns from Congress \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sajjan-kumar-writes-to-rahul-gandhi-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/67140343.cms \|accessdate=18 December 2018 \|publisher=The Economic Times \|date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-gujarat-2002-finds-mention-in-1984-riots-court-order-on-sajjan-kumar-1963730\|title = Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention in 1984 Riots Court Order on Sajjan Kumar}}</ref>		'''Sajjan Kumar''' (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Delhi]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]].<ref name="Times_Resign">{{cite news \|title=Sajjan Kumar writes to Rahul Gandhi, resigns from Congress \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sajjan-kumar-writes-to-rahul-gandhi-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/67140343.cms \|accessdate=18 December 2018 \|publisher=The Economic Times \|date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-gujarat-2002-finds-mention-in-1984-riots-court-order-on-sajjan-kumar-1963730\|title = Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention in 1984 Riots Court Order on Sajjan Kumar}}</ref>
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	=== Delhi Police Investigation ===		=== Delhi Police Investigation ===
	Prior to 2005, the [[Delhi Police]] had investigated Kumar's role in the riots. The investigation was then given to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) in 2005 by recommendation from the Justice G.T. [[Nanavati Commission]]. In the subsequent investigation, the CBI concluded that there was a conspiracy of "terrifying proportion" between Kumar and the police during the riots, and that the Delhi police had systematically removed Kumar's name from all eyewitness testimony of the riots.<ref name="india_today"/>		Prior to 2005, the [[Delhi Police]] had investigated Kumar's role in the riots. And he found convicted for the killing of Sikh men women raped them burnt them. The investigation was then given to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) in 2005 by recommendation from the Justice G.T. [[Nanavati Commission]]. In the subsequent investigation, the CBI concluded that there was a conspiracy of "terrifying proportion" between Kumar and the police during the riots, and that the Delhi police had systematically removed Kumar's name from all eyewitness testimony of the riots.<ref name="india_today"/>

	=== CBI Investigation ===		=== CBI Investigation ===
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	{{Infobox politician		{{Infobox politician
	\| name = Sajjan Kumar		\| name = Sajjan Kumar
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1945\|9\|23\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1945\|9\|23\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]
	\| residence = [[New Delhi]]		\| residence = [[New Delhi]]
	\| death_date =		\| death_date =
	\| death_place =		\| death_place =
	\| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]		\| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
	\| constituency3 = [[Outer Delhi]]		\| constituency3 = [[Outer Delhi]]
	\| term1 = 1980-1984		\| term1 = 1980-1984
	\| predecessor1 = [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]		\| predecessor1 = [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]
	\| successor1 = Chaudhary Bharat Singh		\| successor1 = [[Chaudhary Bharat Singh]]
	\| office2 =		\| office2 =
	\| constituency2 =		\| constituency2 =
	\| term2 = 1991-1996		\| term2 = 1991-1996
	\| predecessor2 = [[Tarif Singh]]		\| predecessor2 = [[Tarif Singh]]
	\| successor2 = [[Krishan Lal Sharma]]		\| successor2 = [[Krishan Lal Sharma]]
	\| term3 = 2004-2009		\| term3 = 2004-2009
	\| predecessor3 = [[Sahib Singh Verma]]		\| predecessor3 = [[Sahib Singh Verma]]
	\| successor3 =		\| successor3 =
	\| party = [[Indian National Congress]] till 2018		\| party = [[Indian National Congress]] till 2018
	\| spouse = Ram Kaur		\| spouse = Ram Kaur
	\| children =		\| children =
	\| website =		\| website =
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =
	\| date = \|		\| date = \|
	\| year = \|		\| year = \|
	\| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2871&lastls=14		\| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2871&lastls=14
	\| known_for = Life imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]		\| known_for = Life imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]
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	'''Sajjan Kumar''' (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Delhi]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]].<ref name="Times_Resign">{{cite news \|title=Sajjan Kumar writes to Rahul Gandhi, resigns from Congress \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sajjan-kumar-writes-to-rahul-gandhi-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/67140343.cms \|accessdate=18 December 2018 \|publisher=The Economic Times \|date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-gujarat-2002-finds-mention-in-1984-riots-court-order-on-sajjan-kumar-1963730\|title = Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention in 1984 Riots Court Order on Sajjan Kumar}}</ref>		'''Sajjan Kumar''' (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Delhi]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]].<ref name="Times_Resign">{{cite news \|title=Sajjan Kumar writes to Rahul Gandhi, resigns from Congress \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sajjan-kumar-writes-to-rahul-gandhi-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/67140343.cms \|accessdate=18 December 2018 \|publisher=The Economic Times \|date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-gujarat-2002-finds-mention-in-1984-riots-court-order-on-sajjan-kumar-1963730\|title = Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention in 1984 Riots Court Order on Sajjan Kumar}}</ref>
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	He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the [[Delhi High Court]] on 17 December 2018 for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<ref>{{cite news \| url = https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-delhi-high-court-cancels-acquittal-1963593 \| title = Congress' Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots \| date = 2018-12-17 \| accessdate = 2018-12-17 }}</ref> On 18 December 2018, he resigned from his party [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Times_Resign"/> His lawyer said they will appeal in the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-to-challenge-conviction-in-supreme-court-on-or-before-december-31/332468 \| title=Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to appeal against 'life sentence' in Supreme Court \| publisher=Times Now \| date=18 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-will-move-sc-against-hc-order-sentencing-him-to-life/articleshow/67129263.cms \| title=1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar will move SC against HC order sentencing him to life \| newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \| date=17 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>		He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the [[Delhi High Court]] on 17 December 2018 for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<ref>{{cite news \| url = https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-delhi-high-court-cancels-acquittal-1963593 \| title = Congress' Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots \| date = 2018-12-17 \| accessdate = 2018-12-17 }}</ref> On 18 December 2018, he resigned from his party [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Times_Resign"/> His lawyer said they will appeal in the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-to-challenge-conviction-in-supreme-court-on-or-before-december-31/332468 \| title=Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to appeal against 'life sentence' in Supreme Court \| publisher=Times Now \| date=18 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-will-move-sc-against-hc-order-sentencing-him-to-life/articleshow/67129263.cms \| title=1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar will move SC against HC order sentencing him to life \| newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \| date=17 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>

	Kumar later filed an interim bail plea on medical grounds in the Supreme Court, but it rejected it on 13 May 2020 stating he did not need to be admitted to a hospital, however scheduled hearing of his regular bail plea in July.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-declines-interim-bail-to-sajjan-kumar-serving-life-term-in-anti-sikh-riot-case/articleshow/75712183.cms \| title=SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life term in anti-Sikh riots case \| work=[[Press Trust of India]] \| publisher=[[Times of India]] \| date=13 May 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> It later rejected another interim bail plea on 4 September and said he didn't need to be admitted to a hospital,<ref>{{cite web\| first=Sanjay\| last=Sharma \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sc-rejects-1984-riots-case-convict-sajjan-kumar-bail-plea-health-ground-1718566-2020-09-04 \| title=SC rejects 1984 riots case convict Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking bail on health grounds \| work=[[India Today]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> but stated it will hear his appeal after the courts resume their regular functioning which was affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India\|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-rejects-sajjan-kumar-s-bail-plea-in-1984-riots-case/story-Iy8LTQ0IFdQAWujwXmGjgP.html \| title='Not a small case': SC rejects Sajjan Kumar's bail plea in 1984 riots case \| work=[[Hindustan Times]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref>		Kumar later filed an interim bail plea on medical grounds in the Supreme Court, but it rejected it on 13 May 2020 stating he did not need to be admitted to a hospital, however scheduled hearing of his regular bail plea in July.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-declines-interim-bail-to-sajjan-kumar-serving-life-term-in-anti-sikh-riot-case/articleshow/75712183.cms \| title=SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life term in anti-Sikh riots case \| work=[[Press Trust of India]] \| publisher=[[Times of India]] \| date=13 May 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> It later rejected another interim bail plea on 4 September and said he didn't need to be admitted to a hospital,<ref>{{cite web\| first=Sanjay\| last=Sharma \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sc-rejects-1984-riots-case-convict-sajjan-kumar-bail-plea-health-ground-1718566-2020-09-04 \| title=SC rejects 1984 riots case convict Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking bail on health grounds \| work=[[India Today]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> but stated it will hear his appeal after the courts resume their regular functioning which was affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India\| COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-rejects-sajjan-kumar-s-bail-plea-in-1984-riots-case/story-Iy8LTQ0IFdQAWujwXmGjgP.html \| title='Not a small case': SC rejects Sajjan Kumar's bail plea in 1984 riots case \| work=[[Hindustan Times]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref>

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	He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the [[Delhi High Court]] on 17 December 2018 for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<ref>{{cite news \| url = https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-delhi-high-court-cancels-acquittal-1963593 \| title = Congress' Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots \| date = 2018-12-17 \| accessdate = 2018-12-17 }}</ref> On 18 December 2018, he resigned from his party [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Times_Resign"/> His lawyer said they will appeal in the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-to-challenge-conviction-in-supreme-court-on-or-before-december-31/332468 \| title=Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to appeal against 'life sentence' in Supreme Court \| publisher=Times Now \| date=18 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-will-move-sc-against-hc-order-sentencing-him-to-life/articleshow/67129263.cms \| title=1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar will move SC against HC order sentencing him to life \| newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \| date=17 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>		He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the [[Delhi High Court]] on 17 December 2018 for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<ref>{{cite news \| url = https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-delhi-high-court-cancels-acquittal-1963593 \| title = Congress' Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots \| date = 2018-12-17 \| accessdate = 2018-12-17 }}</ref> On 18 December 2018, he resigned from his party [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Times_Resign"/> His lawyer said they will appeal in the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-to-challenge-conviction-in-supreme-court-on-or-before-december-31/332468 \| title=Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to appeal against 'life sentence' in Supreme Court \| publisher=Times Now \| date=18 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-will-move-sc-against-hc-order-sentencing-him-to-life/articleshow/67129263.cms \| title=1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar will move SC against HC order sentencing him to life \| newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] \| date=17 December 2018 \| accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>

	Kumar later filed an interim bail plea on medical grounds in the Supreme Court, but it rejected it on 13 May 2020 stating he did not need to be admitted to a hospital, however scheduled hearing of his regular bail plea in July.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-declines-interim-bail-to-sajjan-kumar-serving-life-term-in-anti-sikh-riot-case/articleshow/75712183.cms \| title=SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life term in anti-Sikh riots case \| work=[[Press Trust of India]] \| publisher=[[Times of India]] \| date=13 May 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> It later rejected another interim bail plea on 4 September and said he didn't need to be admitted to a hospital,<ref>{{cite web\| first=Sanjay\| last=Sharma \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sc-rejects-1984-riots-case-convict-sajjan-kumar-bail-plea-health-ground-1718566-2020-09-04 \| title=SC rejects 1984 riots case convict Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking bail on health grounds \| work=[[India Today]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> but stated it will hear his appeal after the courts resume their regular functioning which was affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India\| COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-rejects-sajjan-kumar-s-bail-plea-in-1984-riots-case/story-Iy8LTQ0IFdQAWujwXmGjgP.html \| title='Not a small case': SC rejects Sajjan Kumar's bail plea in 1984 riots case \| work=[[Hindustan Times]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref>		Kumar later filed an interim bail plea on medical grounds in the Supreme Court, but it rejected it on 13 May 2020 stating he did not need to be admitted to a hospital, however scheduled hearing of his regular bail plea in July.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-declines-interim-bail-to-sajjan-kumar-serving-life-term-in-anti-sikh-riot-case/articleshow/75712183.cms \| title=SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life term in anti-Sikh riots case \| work=[[Press Trust of India]] \| publisher=[[Times of India]] \| date=13 May 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> It later rejected another interim bail plea on 4 September and said he didn't need to be admitted to a hospital,<ref>{{cite web\| first=Sanjay\| last=Sharma \| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sc-rejects-1984-riots-case-convict-sajjan-kumar-bail-plea-health-ground-1718566-2020-09-04 \| title=SC rejects 1984 riots case convict Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking bail on health grounds \| work=[[India Today]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> but stated it will hear his appeal after the courts resume their regular functioning which was affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India\|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-rejects-sajjan-kumar-s-bail-plea-in-1984-riots-case/story-Iy8LTQ0IFdQAWujwXmGjgP.html \| title='Not a small case': SC rejects Sajjan Kumar's bail plea in 1984 riots case \| work=[[Hindustan Times]] \| date=4 September 2020 \| accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref>

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| name = Sajjan Kumar
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|9|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[British India]]
| residence = [[New Delhi]]
| death_date =
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Outer Delhi]]
| term1 = 1980-1984
| predecessor1 = [[Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]]
| successor1 = Chaudhary Bharat Singh
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| constituency2 =
| term2 = 1991-1996
| predecessor2 = [[Tarif Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Krishan Lal Sharma]]
| term3 = 2004-2009
| predecessor3 = [[Sahib Singh Verma]]
| successor3 =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] till 2018
| spouse = Ram Kaur
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = |
| year = |
| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2871&lastls=14
| known_for = Life imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]
}}
'''Sajjan Kumar''' (born 23 September 1945) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Outer Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Outer Delhi]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]].<ref name="Times_Resign">{{cite news |title=Sajjan Kumar writes to Rahul Gandhi, resigns from Congress |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sajjan-kumar-writes-to-rahul-gandhi-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/67140343.cms |accessdate=18 December 2018 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-gujarat-2002-finds-mention-in-1984-riots-court-order-on-sajjan-kumar-1963730|title = Why Gujarat 2002 Finds Mention in 1984 Riots Court Order on Sajjan Kumar}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 1977, Kumar was sworn in as the Delhi [[Councillor]] by prominent social activist [[Guru Radha Kishan]]. He was first elected to the [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] at a time when only few congressman were able to win in Delhi, and was later appointed General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Delhi.

In 1980, he elected to 7th Lok Sabha, and was a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Works and Housing in the Lok Sabha. At the time, he was a [[Sanjay Gandhi]] loyalist and a bakery owner.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19800131-sanjay-gandhi-and-his-young-loyalists-sweep-lok-sabha-elections-821700-2014-12-19 | title=Sanjay Gandhi and his young loyalists sweep Lok Sabha elections | publisher=[[India Today]] | work=.Prabhu Chawla | date=31 January 1980 | accessdate=20 December 2018}}</ref>

In 1991, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha, and then again in 2004 when he won by the largest number of votes ever in India, 855,543, representing Indian National Congress in outer Delhi. Following his election in 2005, he served as Member, Committee on Urban Development and Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme.

==Investigations and conviction for role in anti-Sikh riots==

=== PUDR & PUCL fact-finding report===
In 1984, a fact-finding team jointly organized by [[People's Union for Democratic Rights]] (PUDR) and the [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL) concluded that attacks on members of the Sikh community in the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]] were not from spontaneous outrage over the [[Indira Gandhi's assassination|assassination of Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi]], but rather the result of deliberate planning by important politicians of the Indian National Congress party. The investigators found that the member of parliament who was most commonly named by Sikh riot survivors for being responsible for the attacks in Delhi locality of [[Sultanpuri]] was Sajjan Kumar.

Similarly, Sikh riot survivors in the locality of [[Mangolpuri]] nearly unanimously named Kumar as having "masterminded the violence". They alleged that Kumar had given Rs. 100 and a bottle of liquor to each attacker in the riots. The investigators also observed Sikh riot survivors confront Kumar directly at the Mangolpuri police station accusing him of being responsible for the riots. Later, Kumar attempted to provide food aid to hungry Sikh survivors at a refugee camp, but the refugees refused it saying that he was behind the riots in the first place.<ref name="Desai1991">{{cite book|author=Akshayakumar Ramanlal Desai|title=Violation of Democratic Rights in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0vekq6s2RyYC&pg=PA53|year=1991|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-529-2|pages=50–53}}</ref>

=== Delhi Police Investigation ===
Prior to 2005, the [[Delhi Police]] had investigated Kumar's role in the riots. The investigation was then given to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) in 2005 by recommendation from the Justice G.T. [[Nanavati Commission]]. In the subsequent investigation, the CBI concluded that there was a conspiracy of "terrifying proportion" between Kumar and the police during the riots, and that the Delhi police had systematically removed Kumar's name from all eyewitness testimony of the riots.<ref name="india_today"/>

=== CBI Investigation ===
In 2010, as a result of the CBI investigation, Kumar was tried for murder, dacoity, mischief to cause damage to property, promoting enmity between different communities, criminal conspiracy, and other provisions of the [[Indian Penal Code]].<ref name="india_today"/> Eyewitnesses testified how Sajjan Kumar had colluded with the police and incited mobs to kill Sikhs.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/1984-riots-sajjan-kumar-provoked-mob-to-kill-my-father-witness-tells-court/734249/2 1984 riots: Sajjan Kumar provoked mob to kill my father, witness tells court]</ref> In 2012, the CBI prosecutor told a Delhi court that riots targeting the Sikhs had the "patronage" of Sajjan Kumar.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-17811666 | title = India Congress leader 'incited' 1984 anti-Sikh riots | publisher = BBC News | date = 2012-04-23 | accessdate = 2012-04-23 }}</ref><ref name="IBN23April">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/1984-antisikh-riots-backed-by-govt-police-cbi/251375-37-64.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425011626/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/1984-antisikh-riots-backed-by-govt-police-cbi/251375-37-64.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 April 2012 |title=1984 anti-Sikh riots backed by Govt, police: CBI |publisher=[[IBN Live]]|date=23 April 2012 |accessdate=27 April 2012}}</ref> CBI alleged that he organised anti-Sikh riots and he along with five others are being tried at court for killing six Sikh people.<ref>{{cite news | last =Times news network | title =CBI blames Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for 1984 anti-Sikh riots | date =23 April 2012 | url =http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-23/india/31386233_1_sajjan-kumar-anti-sikh-riots-lal-and-captain-bhagmal | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130103115104/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-23/india/31386233_1_sajjan-kumar-anti-sikh-riots-lal-and-captain-bhagmal | url-status =dead | newspaper =[[The Times of India]] | archive-date =3 January 2013 }}</ref>

===Trial and Conviction===
In April 2013, the Karkardooma district court in Delhi acquitted Sajjan Kumar, while convicting five others, leading to protests.<ref name="india_today">{{cite news | url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/court-to-pronounce-verdict-on-sajjan-kumar-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case/1/268419.html | title = Sajjan Kumar acquitted in anti-Sikh riots case | date = 2013-04-30 | accessdate = 2013-04-30 | newspaper = The Hindu }}</ref> On 27 August 2013, the Delhi High Court accepted an appeal filed by the CBI against Kumar's previous acquittal by a lower court. CBI stated that the trial court "erred in acquitting Sajjan Kumar as it was he who had instigated the mob during the riots".<ref name=ht13>{{cite web| title = Court admits appeal against Sajjan Kumar's acquittal| publisher = Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Court-admits-appeal-against-Sajjan-Kumar-s-acquittal/Article1-1113617.aspx| date = 27 August 2013| accessdate = 2013-08-27| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130828034449/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Court-admits-appeal-against-Sajjan-Kumar-s-acquittal/Article1-1113617.aspx| archive-date = 28 August 2013| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the [[Delhi High Court]] on 17 December 2018 for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/congress-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-delhi-high-court-cancels-acquittal-1963593 | title = Congress' Sajjan Kumar Gets Life Term In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots | date = 2018-12-17 | accessdate = 2018-12-17 }}</ref> On 18 December 2018, he resigned from his party [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Times_Resign"/> His lawyer said they will appeal in the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-to-challenge-conviction-in-supreme-court-on-or-before-december-31/332468 | title=Sajjan Kumar, convicted in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, to appeal against 'life sentence' in Supreme Court | publisher=Times Now | date=18 December 2018 | accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/1984-anti-sikh-riots-sajjan-kumar-will-move-sc-against-hc-order-sentencing-him-to-life/articleshow/67129263.cms | title=1984 anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar will move SC against HC order sentencing him to life | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=17 December 2018 | accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>

Kumar later filed an interim bail plea on medical grounds in the Supreme Court, but it rejected it on 13 May 2020 stating he did not need to be admitted to a hospital, however scheduled hearing of his regular bail plea in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-declines-interim-bail-to-sajjan-kumar-serving-life-term-in-anti-sikh-riot-case/articleshow/75712183.cms | title=SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life term in anti-Sikh riots case | work=[[Press Trust of India]] | publisher=[[Times of India]] | date=13 May 2020 | accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> It later rejected another interim bail plea on 4 September and said he didn't need to be admitted to a hospital,<ref>{{cite web| first=Sanjay| last=Sharma | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sc-rejects-1984-riots-case-convict-sajjan-kumar-bail-plea-health-ground-1718566-2020-09-04 | title=SC rejects 1984 riots case convict Sajjan Kumar's plea seeking bail on health grounds | work=[[India Today]] | date=4 September 2020 | accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref> but stated it will hear his appeal after the courts resume their regular functioning which was affected due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India| COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-rejects-sajjan-kumar-s-bail-plea-in-1984-riots-case/story-Iy8LTQ0IFdQAWujwXmGjgP.html | title='Not a small case': SC rejects Sajjan Kumar's bail plea in 1984 riots case | work=[[Hindustan Times]] | date=4 September 2020 | accessdate=14 May 2021 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=2871&lastls=14 Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website]
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