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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Lalit Maken''' was a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of parliament]], a political leader of [[Indian National Congress]] and a labour union leader. Maken was the son-in-law of late President of India, [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]].

In the year of 1984, he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] as a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of parliament]], a [[directly elected]] [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|South Delhi]] of India. He was a metropolitan [[Councillor]] prior to his election to [[Parliament of India]].

Sikh Murders 1 In a 31-page booklet titled '[[Who Are The Guilty]]', [[People's Union for Civil Liberties]] (PUCL) listed 227 people who allegedly led the mobs, which killed up to 17,000 Sikhs over three days. Lalit Maken's name was third on the list.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2007/stories/20030411002004500.htm A life sentence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429183514/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fline/fl2007/stories/20030411002004500.htm |date=29 April 2011 }}</ref> This allegation though have never been proven.

==Assassination ==
Maken and his wife Gitanjali, the daughter of the then future president [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]], were gunned down by [[Harjinder Singh Jinda]], [[Sukhdev Singh Sukha]] and [[Ranjit Singh Gill]] alias Kukki for his alleged involvement in riots outside Maken's [[Kirti Nagar]] residence in [[West Delhi]] on 31 July 1985<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20081010/punjab1.htm#11 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab]</ref> Lalit Maken was gunned down,<ref name=autogenerated2 /> when he was moving towards his car parked across the road from his house in [[Kirti Nagar]], [[New Delhi]]. All three assailants continued firing even as Maken ran towards his house for cover. Maken's wife Geetanjali and a visitor, Balkishan, were also caught in the firing. Maken's wife was still alive but later died on her way to the hospital. The assailants escaped on their scooters.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Lalit Maken, Gitanjali Maken and Balkishen were taken to [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[New Delhi]]. The postmortem examinations were conducted by a team of doctors headed by [[T.D Dogra|T D Dogra]].

Police later arrested [[Sukhdev Singh Sukha]] in the year of 1986 and [[Harjinder Singh Jinda]] in the year of 1987. Both of them were later sentenced to death for the murder of [[Indian Army]] general [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya]] (architect of [[Operation Blue Star]]) and on 9 October 1992, they were hanged in [[Yerwada Central Jail]] in [[Pune]] in Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/protests-after-hanging-of-sikhs-1556488.html Protests after hanging of Sikhs - World, News - The Independent]</ref> As per Indian request, Ranjit Singh "Gill" was arrested by Interpol in New Jersey, USA on 14 May 1987, a federal magistrate approved his extradition on 6 February 1988<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/06/nyregion/metro-dateline-extradition-of-sikh-is-approved-in-jersey.html The New York Times, 6 February 1988]</ref> after he requested to go back home (the request was earlier denied thrice)<ref>http://www.leagle.com/decision/20011152170FSupp2d982_11025</ref> and he was deported back to [[India]] in February 2000 after lengthy legal cases and was sentenced to life imprisonment on 24 February 2003. Finally his life sentence was commuted on 20 May 2009.<ref name=autogenerated4>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090521/punjab.htm#11 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab]</ref>

==Family==
Former Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, [[Ajay Maken]] is his nephew. His only child (daughter), Avantika Maken married Suchiter Sharma in 1997. Later, she filed a divorce and married [[Ashok Tanwar]] in 2005, former President of [[Indian Youth Congress]] and [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]].

Both [[Ajay Maken]]<ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040207/punjab1.htm#7</ref> and Avantika Maken had requested the early release of Lalit Maken’s killer Ranjit Singh Gill alias Kukki.<ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.southasiapost.org/2009/20091130/features.htm South Asia Post] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728041934/http://www.southasiapost.org/2009/20091130/features.htm |date=28 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kuki-returns-home-to-complete-degree/443043/ Kuki returns home to complete degree]</ref><ref>https://www.telegraphindia.com/1130413/jsp/nation/story_16781031.jsp</ref>

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