A well-wisher mourns outside Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, after former Indian National Congress MP Sajjan Kumar — convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case — passed away on 20 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Supporters and well-wishers gathered outside Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi to mourn the death of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who passed away on 20 August 2026 while serving a life sentence in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Scenes of grief unfolded outside Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026 after former Indian National Congress MP Sajjan Kumar passed away — decades after his conviction in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Sajjan Kumar, former Congress MP convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, died at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026. Well-wishers were seen mourning outside the hospital shortly after the news broke. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
The death of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar on 20 August 2026 drew mourners to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. Kumar had been convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and was serving a life sentence at the time of his death. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Former Indian National Congress MP Sajjan Kumar passed away in New Delhi on 20 August 2026. He had been convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and was undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital at the time of his death. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Sajjan Kumar, convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and a former MP of the Indian National Congress, died at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on Thursday, 20 August 2026. Mourners gathered outside the hospital following the announcement. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
People mourned outside Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on 20 August 2026 after Sajjan Kumar — a former Congress MP convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case — was declared dead. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
The death of Sajjan Kumar on 20 August 2026 at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, marks the end of a controversial chapter linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The former Congress MP had been serving a life sentence following his conviction in the case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Jag Pravesh Kumar, son of former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, was seen at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026 following his father's death. Sajjan Kumar had been convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Media personnel and Congress workers gathered outside Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026 after the death of former MP Sajjan Kumar, who was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Jag Pravesh Kumar was present at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026, hours after his father and former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar passed away. Kumar was convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
The family of Sajjan Kumar, the former Congress MP convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, gathered at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026. His son Jag Pravesh Kumar was among those present at the hospital. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Jag Pravesh Kumar, son of the late former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, was photographed at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, following his father's death on 20 August 2026. Sajjan Kumar had been convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)
Jag Pravesh Kumar, son of the late Sajjan Kumar, arrived at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 20 August 2026 following his father's death. Sajjan Kumar was a former Congress MP who had been convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. (Photo: NationPress/Qamar Sibtain)