"Saw My Father Being Burnt Alive": Horror Of 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots | Read

Nirpreet Kaur was only 16 when she saw her father being burnt alive by a frenzied mob near a gurdwara in Delhi's Raj Nagar on the morning of November 1, 1984. Her father was the head priest at the gurdwara. Today, she wept as she spoke to reporters outside the Delhi High Court which sentenced Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to life in jail for his role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The 73-year-old politician was convicted in the killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar and the torching of a gurdwara.