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Fighting for justice for India's Sikhs
A politician who encouraged anti-Sikh mobs in Delhi in 1984, was eventually brought to justice by a woman whose father had been burnt to death.
Anti-Sikh violence erupted in India after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984. Looting, raping and killing broke out in Sikh areas. One of those killed was Nirpreet Kaur's father who was burnt to death by a furious mob in Delhi. She spent decades trying to bring to justice a politician she had seen encouraging the violence. She has been telling her story to Ishleen Kaur.
Photo: Nirpreet Kaur's family before the events of 1984. Copyright:Nirpreet Kaur.
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