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<button type="button" class="ZW6JD " disabled="">Post Comment</button></p> <p class="swnca">Be respectful · <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/termsandcondition" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="gkv0P">TOI community guidelines</a></p> </div> <p><span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="9"/>He was serving the sentence at Delhi’s Tihar Jail. In February 2025, a Delhi court also sentenced him to life imprisonment in another case involving the killing of two Sikh men during the riots.<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="13"/>A three-time Lok Sabha member, Kumar represented the Outer Delhi constituency. He resigned from the Congress after his 2018 conviction.<span class="id-r-component br" data-pos="15"/>The anti-Sikh riots broke out following the October 31, 1984, assassination of Congress leader and then Prime Minister <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/indira-gandhi" styleobj="[object Object]" class="" commonstate="[object Object]" frmappuse="1">Indira Gandhi</a> by her Sikh bodyguards, who were seeking retaliation for the Army’s Operation Blue Star in June that year.</div> </div> <p><br /> <br /><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/former-congress-mp-sajjan-kumar-convicted-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-case-dies-at-80/articleshow/133370739.cms">Source link </a></p> </div> <footer class="clearfix"> <div class="post-bottom"> <div class="dt-row dt-d-flex dt-align-items-center"> <div class="dt-col-md-6 dt-col-12"> </div> <div class="dt-col-md-6 dt-col-12 dt-text-center dt-text-md-right"> <div class="tags"> <li class="list-inline-item"> </li> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </article> <div class="about-author padding-30 rounded"> <div class="thumb"> <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e9b740c9103516524974d38e3a2b41eebb2ea41e81dffc2fb83e93a11e1e9698?s=200&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e9b740c9103516524974d38e3a2b41eebb2ea41e81dffc2fb83e93a11e1e9698?s=400&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-200 photo' height='200' width='200' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </div> <div class="details"> <h4 class="name"><a href="https://xplorich.com/author/xplorichraynix/">Xplorich</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="dt-row nextprev-post-wrapper"> <nav class="navigation post-navigation" aria-label="Posts"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Post navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://xplorich.com/2026/08/20/vande-mataram-anti-national-decision-amit-shah-slams-congresss-stand-to-stick-to-first-two-stanzas-of-vande-mataram-india-news/" rel="prev"><div class="nextprev-post prev"><h5 class="post-title"><i class="fas fa-angle-left"></i> Vande Mataram: ‘Anti-national decision’: Amit Shah slams Congress’s stand to stick to first two stanzas of Vande Mataram | India News </h5></div></a></div><div class="nav-next"><a href="https://xplorich.com/2026/08/20/kathua-search-operation-jk-security-forces-search-kathua-forests-after-locals-report-suspicious-movement-india-news/" rel="next"><div class="nextprev-post prev"><h5 class="post-title"> Kathua Search Operation: J&K: Security forces search Kathua forests after locals report suspicious movement | India News <i class="fas fa-angle-right"></i></h5></div></a></div></div> </nav> </div> <div class="spacer" data-height="50" style="height: 50px;"></div> <div class="dt-container-md"> <div class="widget-header"> <h4 class="widget-title">Related Posts</h4> </div> <div class="dt-row"> <div class="dt-col-lg-12 content-right"> <div class="dt-col-md-12 dt-col-sm-6"> <div id="post-23347" class="post post-list bg-white shadow post-23347 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-india single-post"> <div class="thumb"> <a href="https://xplorich.com/2026/08/20/kathua-search-operation-jk-security-forces-search-kathua-forests-after-locals-report-suspicious-movement-india-news/"> <div class="inner"> <img src="https://xplorich.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/security-forces-conduct-a-search-operation.jpg" alt="Kathua Search Operation: J&K: Security forces search Kathua forests after locals report suspicious movement | India News"></div> </a> </div> <div class="details clearfix dt-py-4 dt-px-3"> <ul class="meta list-inline dt-mt-0 dt-mb-3"> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="https://xplorich.com/author/xplorichraynix/"><img src="https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e9b740c9103516524974d38e3a2b41eebb2ea41e81dffc2fb83e93a11e1e9698?s=96&d=mm&r=g" width="32" height="32" class="author" alt="Xplorich"/>Xplorich</a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="https://xplorich.com/2026/08/20/kathua-search-operation-jk-security-forces-search-kathua-forests-after-locals-report-suspicious-movement-india-news/"><a href="https://xplorich.com/category/india/" rel="category tag">India</a></a></li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-calendar-alt"></i> August 20, 2026</li> <li class="list-inline-item"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 0 views</li> </ul> <h5 class="post-title">Kathua Search Operation: J&K: Security forces search Kathua forests after locals report suspicious movement | India News</h5> <p class="excerpt dt-mb-0"><p>A search op was conducted in forest areas near the in Udhampur-Kathua border in Billawar forests. 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