Sajjan Kumar moves HC against conviction
	
		
				India, Oct. 17 -- Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction in the murder of a father and son in Saraswati Vihar during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The case relates to the killing of Jaswant Singh, 50, and his son Tarundeep Singh, 18, on November 1, 1984. The riots, which followed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination on October 31, 1984, claimed at least 2,800 lives in Delhi alone. The trial court convicted Kumar on February for instigating a mob and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The court noted systemic failures that allowed Kumar to evade justice for decades, pulling up the Delhi Police. HTC...
		
			
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