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Court observes two-minute silence for 1984
riots victims
Tuesday April 03, 2012 09:55:28 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
A court here hearing a case against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar
related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Monday observed two-minutes
silence in memory of those killed in the carnage.
District Judge-cum-Additional Sessions Judge J.R. Aryan said:
"Hundreds of murders that took place during the riots were never
investigated or tried. Before the hearing resumes in the case,
maintain silence for two minutes as so many people were killed
during the riots."
The court added that the witnesses have described the painful
incidents of the killings.
The court is hearing the final arguments in a case against Sajjan
Kumar and the other five accused who being tried on the charge of
inciting mobs against the Sikh community during the riots that
broke out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira
Gandhi Oct 31, 1984.
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