What were the worst affected areas in Delhi in the 1984 violence?
A. Out of the six police districts that existed those days in Delhi, the worst affected were east, west and south districts. Out of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi, the worst affected were east Delhi and outer Delhi which were represented then by Congress leaders H.K.L. Bhagat and Sajjan Kumar. The localities that saw the most number of killings were Trilokpuri, Mongolpuri, Sultanpuri and Palam Colony. The victims were mostly poor and semi-literate and even so were subject not only to murder and rape but also arson and looting. According to the official death toll estimated by one Ahooja Committee, the total number of people killed in Delhi during the 1984 carnage were 2,733, out of which about 1,200 were murdered in east Delhi alone.
