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‘There was fire everywhere’: 1984 riot survivors recall the horror after Sajjan Kumar’s death

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, died recently after 42 years of legal proceedings. Survivors and victims' families expressed mixed reactions — some relief at closure, others anger that he escaped the death penalty. The case remains a landmark in India's pursuit of justice for the 1984 riots, where over 3,000 Sikhs were killed following PM Indira Gandhi's assassination. The conviction by the Delhi High Court in 2018 and subsequent Supreme Court upholding set a precedent for accountability of political leaders in communal violence.

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