SAD welcomes SC verdict on Sajjan Kumar

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today welcomed the Supreme Court verdict disimissing Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's petition for quashing of charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

SAD secretary and spokesperson Daljit Singh Cheema said the verdict has rekindled hope among Sikhs years after they were denied justice.

In a statement, he said even after 30 years of the most heinous crime directed against the Sikhs, justice has been denied to them, only because of the open support of the Congress party to the prime accused.

The accused leaders have been playing tricks with the judiciary by misusing the legal procedure only to delay the trial, he said.

With the SC verdict reviving hopes, the SAD leader said the community is looking forward to the free and fair trial and subsequent delivery of justice to the victims of the worst-ever massacre.

The apex court dismissed Kumar's petition and asked him to face trial for murder in Sultanpuri area in Delhi during the riots triggered by the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.