Sajjan Kumar
Sajjan Kumar | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1980 – 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash |
| Succeeded by | Chaudhary Bharat Singh |
| In office 1991 – 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Tarif Singh |
| Succeeded by | Krishan Lal Sharma |
| In office 2004 – 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Sahib Singh Verma |
| Constituency | Outer Delhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1945 Delhi, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (1980–2018) |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Known for | Life imprisonment for inciting and abetting mobs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots |
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Sajjan Kumar (born 23 September 1945) is a former Indian politician and convicted murderer. He was a prominent leader of Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Outer Delhi as a member of the Indian National Congress but resigned from the primary membership of the party after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the murder and involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.