Five sentenced to
life in 1984 anti-Sikh riot case
NEW DELHI, MAY 16, 2005
PTI
More than two decades after five persons burnt to
death a man during the anti-Sikh riots that rocked
the capital following the assasination of the then
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a Delhi court today
sentenced all of them to life imprisonment.
Additional Sessions Judge N K Kaushik found Rajinder,
Pyarelal, Dharam Pal, Rajbir and Barumal guilty under
section 302 of IPC (murder) for killing one Baba Singh
by setting him ablaze after pouring kerosene.
The incident took place on November 1, 1984 when
the five dragged the deceased out of his home in Nangloi
in West Delhi into the street, poured kerosene on
him and set him ablaze.
An FIR in the case was lodged only on July 2, 1996,
when the widow of the deceased, Kuldeep Kaur, approached
the Lt Governor after running pillar to post demanding
justice for 12 years.
Nearly 2,000 Sikhs were killed in the riots that
broke out immediately after the assasination of Indira
Gandhi.