Sajjan Kumar resigned from Congress after his 2018 conviction in 1984 anti-Sikh killings case. File
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Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life sentence in reference to the 1984 anti-Sikh killings in Delhi, died on Thursday (August 20, 2026) in Safdarjung Hospital, sources instructed The Hindu.
Safdarjung Hospital said that, Sajjan Kumar, aged 84 years, was dropped at VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital by Police with altered sensorium round 11:00 a.m. He was instantly admitted and resuscitation measures have been initiated. Regardless of offering all vital medical and life-support measures, he couldn’t be saved and handed away at 12:30 p.m.
He was a recognized case of hypertension and Parkinson’s illness and had a historical past of a number of hospital admissions up to now, stated Safdarjung Hospital in a press release.
Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Delhi Excessive Courtroom on December 17, 2018, in a case associated to the killing of 5 Sikhs and the burning of a gurdwara throughout the 1984 anti-Sikh killings.
Citing the “absence of credible proof” in opposition to him, a Delhi court docket on January, 2026 acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case associated to violence within the Janakpuri space throughout the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Regardless of the acquittal, Kumar was lodged in Tihar Jail as he was serving life sentences in different instances associated to the 1984 riots. In 2018, the Delhi Excessive Courtroom awarded him life imprisonment for the killing of 5 Sikhs in Palam Colony, a verdict presently below problem within the Supreme Courtroom. In February 2024, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in one other case referring to the homicide of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh in Saraswati Vihar.
Kumar, a three-time Lok Sabha member, represented the Outer Delhi constituency and had been a distinguished Congress chief. He resigned from the celebration after his 2018 conviction.
(With PTI inputs)
Revealed – August 20, 2026 03:15 pm IST
