Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Indian politician jailed in conviction over 1984 riots

A senior member of India's largest Opposition party- the Congress, has been sentenced to a life term after being convicted in connection with the 1984 riots that saw 3000 deaths.

Sajjan Kumar, a Member of Parliament at the time the riots took place, was found guilty of inciting the mob. This is the first high profile conviction in the riots case.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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