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Sajjan Kumar, ex-Congress MP convicted in 1984 riots case, dies at 80

Business Standard · 20 August 2026 at 2:10 pm

Sajjan Kumar, ex-Congress MP convicted in 1984 riots case, dies at 80

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, serving a life sentence in two 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases, died at Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday

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