2,733 Sikhs Killed in Delhi in One Week, Ten Inquiries, Two SITs and One Leader Jailed for Life: What the Record Says

In the week after Indira Gandhi was shot, 2,733 Sikhs were killed in Delhi. That is the government's own count, made by the Delhi Administration's Home Secretary in 1988 and accepted by the Nanavati Commission. The Nanavati Commission found in 2005 that an "angry outburst became an organized carnage", that local Congress(I) leaders and workers "had either incited or helped the mobs", and that there was "absolutely no evidence" against Rajiv Gandhi. Of 587 Delhi FIRs, 25 had ended in conviction by 2005. One Congress leader, Sajjan Kumar, was jailed for life and died in custody on 20 August 2026; we found no Supreme Court decision on his appeal. Jagdish Tytler is on trial for murder, has pleaded not guilty and has not been convicted. Kamal Nath, whom the Commission declined to find against, has not been charged and denies the allegations.