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\nPartially relieved by the conviction of Sajjan Kumar, Jagdish Kaur, the prime complainant in the case against the Congress leader, today said her fight for justice was far from over and she would struggle till the last breath of her life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want Sajjan Kumar to hang. I have seen my son burn to death in front of my eyes. And this was done at the behest of Sajjan Kumar. I will go to the Supreme Court but I must say for the first time today I feel this is my own country. Till now I felt Indian laws were not for the 1984 riot survivors,\u201d said Jagdish Kaur, flanked by cousin Jagsher Singh, both witnesses in the case the HC decided today.<\/p>\n
She still remembers the afternoon of November 1, 1984, when \u201ccommunally charged mobs incited by Sajjan Kumar\u201d attacked her house in Delhi Cantonment\u2019s Raj Nagar from all sides. \u201cThey had sariyas, other lethal weapons and pounced upon my son Gurpreet. My husband was dragged and his head crushed till he dropped dead. Gurpreet ran some distance before he was set on fire,\u201d remembers Jagdish Kaur, wiping her tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot all Hindus wanted to kill Sikhs. These were only a few politically motivated crowds that wanted to earn brownie points in the eyes of their masters. I was saved by a Hindu, so were my cousin Jagdish Kaur\u2019s four children,\u201d remembers Jagsher, who lost three brothers to the carnage on November 2, 1984.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was November 2, a day after Jagdish Kaur lost her husband and 18-year-old son Gurpreet, a gold medallist in BSc. I had gone out of the house to park my bike when the crowds attacked. I ran and hid in a Hindu neighbour\u2019s house. My brothers Narinderpal Singh, Raghuvinder Singh and Kuldip Singh were killed. The fight for justice has taken unbelievably long and it\u2019s not yet over,\u201d Jagsher Singh, now based in Gurdaspur, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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