Summary:
CALLING THE DELHI court’s decision as ‘historic’, 1984 riot victims stated that ‘big fish’ were yet to be punished. Over 25,000 families of 1984 riot victims are settled in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar. Reacting over the first death penalty in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, victims said that decision will have an impact on Lok Sabha polls. Surjit Singh, president of 1984 Sikh Katleaam Peerat Welfare Society, said, “The first death penalty has come after 34 years of the riots. So, I call this punishment given to two culprits as a very late decision and that too before Lok Sabha polls..