1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi high court upholds conviction of 88 people

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of 88 people by the trial court in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in east Delhi's Trilokpuri area, ANI reported.
The high court while dismissing the petitions of these 88 people asked them to surrender within four weeks.
The convicts have been sentenced to five years in jail. The HC upheld their conviction for burning houses and curfew violation during the 1984 riots.

On November 20, a Delhi court awarded death penalty to convict Yashpal Singh and ordered life imprisonment to another, Naresh Sherawat, for killing of two men during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
In the first verdict after the riots-related cases were reopened by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in 2015, the court held that Singh's offence fell under the "rarest of rare" category warranting the death penalty. The Delhi Police had closed this case in 1994 for want of evidence.
The SIT is investigating nearly 60 cases related to the riots, while it has filed "untraced report" in 52 cases.
The riots had taken place after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi leaving nearly 3,000 people dead.
(With agency inputs)