CBI gets nod to prosecute Sajjan Kumar

NEW DELHI - Congress leader Sajjan Kumar could be in for trouble with Delhi Lt-Governor Tejendra Khanna Thursday giving the go-ahead to prosecute him in cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Lt-governor Tejendra Khanna has given the nod to the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to prosecute Sajjan Kumar, a Raj Bhavan source told IANS.

Former parliamentarian Sajjan Kumar is accused of instigating mobs that went on rampage killing Sikhs across Delhi in 1984 in the wake of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination.