Srinagar, Dec 17 Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said Monday that justice to victims of the 1984 anti- Sikh riots was delayed but not denied.
"Justice delayed but not denied. #84riots," Abdullah tweeted after the Delhi High Court convicted six people, including Congress pioneer Sajjan Kumar, in an anti-Sikh riots case.
The riots, in which a huge number of Sikhs were executed, down and out after the death of PM Indira Gandhi by her Sikh guardians on October 31, 1984.
The conviction of five others - former Congress councilor Balwan Khokhar, resigned maritime officer Captain Bhagmal, Girdhari Lal, previous MLAs Mahender Yadav and Kishan Khokhar- - were additionally maintained by the high court.
The court said Kumar's life imprisonment will be for the remainder of his life and asked him to surrender by December 31.
It also asked him not to leave Delhi before that.
Monday, 17 December 2018
Omar Abdullah: Justice delayed but not denied in anti-Sikh to Sikh riots case
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