A Delhi court today sentenced a man to death for killing two persons in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and injuring three others.
Additional sessions judge, Ajay Pandey sentenced transporter Yashpal Singh to death for murdering Hardev Singh and Avtar Singh by setting them on fire in the riots that followed the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. Retired postmaster Naresh Sehrawat, who was also convicted in the case last week, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Both the convicts are in their 50s.
The two were also convicted for injuring Surjeet Singh, Sangat Singh and Kuldeep Singh. Soon after the verdict, the two were arrested and sent to jail.