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Who Was Sajjan Kumar, Ex-Congress MP And 1984 Riots Convict

NDTV · 20 August 2026 at 2:08 pm

Who Was Sajjan Kumar, Ex-Congress MP And 1984 Riots Convict

Sajjan Kumar, a three-time Congress MP, was convicted of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that broke out after Indira Gandhi's assassination.

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