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Bhagwant Mann Writes to Governor, Seeks Parole for Hawara
Mann cited humanitarian grounds and Hawara’s mother’s deteriorating health in the first such parole request by a Punjab chief minister.
- On Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wrote to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria requesting a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, a life-term convict, to visit his ailing mother.
- Hawara, associated with Babbar Khalsa International, is serving life imprisonment for the August 31, 1995 assassination of Chief Minister Beant Singh, who was killed along with 16 others outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh.
- Following Hawara's petition to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the bench directed authorities last month to consider his parole application in a time-bound manner after seeking recommendations from the Chandigarh Administration.
- Mann's move carries political weight as Akali Dal-WPD, led by jailed Amritpal Singh, has been demanding the release of 'Bandi Singhs'—Sikh prisoners said to have completed sentences yet remain incarcerated.
- Political observers say Hawara's religious and political legacy carries different weight from Amritpal Singh's, occurring amid AAP's rivalry with the Shiromani Akali Dal over control of the Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.
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Bhagwant Mann writes to governor, seeks parole for Hawara
In his letter, Mann urged the governor, who is also the Chandigarh administrator, to consider the request on humanitarian and family grounds, stating that Hawara’s presence could be important for his mother’s care during her illness
·New Delhi, India
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LatestlyPunjab CM Bhagwant Mann seeks 10-day parole for Beant Singh murder convict Hawara
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has written to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in the Beant Singh assassination case, so that he can stay with his ailing and elderly mother.
·India
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Punjab first opposed Beant Singh assassian Hawara's parole, now seek his release
A Punjab Jail Department letter shows the state earlier opposed Jagtar Singh Hawara's parole application. The later humanitarian plea by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has renewed focus on the government's shift.
·Noida, India
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