1984 Anti Sikh Pogrom  

According to the complaint filed, Tajinder Bagga asked for an FIR against Pitroda under various sections of the Indian Penal Code including 295A, 153A, 153, 504 and 505. Bagga called the statement by the Congress leader "deliberate and malicious"

Former Congress politician Sajjan Kumar tried to move the court by invoking the 'humanitarian' ground of fending for his children and grandchildren, but even that did not impress the Delhi high court

The two-judge bench of the Delhi high court lauded the witnesses for having stood their ground. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), departing from the negative media glare that it received in recent times, got a pat on the back.

After Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom, MyNation looks back at some harrowing incidents from the days of the riots

The court also upheld the life imprisonment sentences of ex-Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar, retired Navy officer Captain Bhagmal and Girdhari Lal. The sentences of former MLA Mahendra Yadav and Kishan Khokhar have been increased from three to 10 years of imprisonment.
 

Here is a list of prominent politicians, all from the Congress, accused of leading or inciting mobs to massacre Sikhs following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the hands of her guards who happened to be Sikhs