Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Cremated in Delhi
Sajjan Kumar was a former Member of Parliament from the Congress party.
He died at age 80 after becoming seriously unwell in Tihar jail.
Doctors tried to revive him at Safdarjung Hospital, but he died on Thursday.
His funeral took place at Nigam Bodh Ghat in Delhi on Friday.
Kumar was serving two life sentences in prison.
The sentences were connected to killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
One case involved five Sikh victims and a burned gurdwara.
Another case involved the killing of two Sikh men.
He had been convicted by courts in Delhi.
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar was cremated at Nigam Bodh Ghat in Delhi on Friday.
Kumar died at age 80 at Safdarjung Hospital after being brought from Tihar jail.
He was serving two life sentences for cases linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi High Court convicted him in 2018 over the killings of five Sikhs and the burning of a gurdwara.
A Delhi court sentenced him to another life term in February 2025 for killing two Sikh men.
- Who
- Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, his family, and others attending his cremation.
- What
- Kumar was cremated after his death while serving two life sentences linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
- When
- He died on Thursday at age 80, and his cremation took place around 5 pm on Friday.
- Where
- Nigam Bodh Ghat in the national capital, after treatment at Safdarjung Hospital.
- Why
- He was cremated following his death after being taken from Tihar jail to hospital with altered sensorium.
- Age at death
- 80
- Date of death
- Thursday, one day before the cremation
- Cremation site
- Nigam Bodh Ghat, Delhi
- Hospital
- Safdarjung Hospital
- Prison
- Tihar jail
- Convictions
- Two life sentences connected to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
- Survivors
- His wife, two daughters, and one son