Jagta
Si gh
Hawa a
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NEW
DELHI:
Pu jab
Gove o
Gulab
Cha d
Kata ia
o
Thu sday
said
he
has
ecomme ded
pa ole
fo
Jagta
Si gh
Hawa a,
who
is
se vi g
a
life
se te ce
fo
the
assassi atio
of
fo me
chief
mi iste
Bea t
Si gh
a d
had
sought
elief
to
meet
his
aili g
mothe .His
stateme t
came
a
day
afte
Pu jab
chief
mi iste
Bhagwa t
Ma
u ged
Kata ia
to
i te ve e
a d
facilitate
Hawa a’s
pa ole.Fo me
U io
mi iste
Rav eet
Si gh
Bittu,
who
is
the
fo me
chief
mi iste ‘s
g a dso ,
had
also
called
fo
Hawa a
to
be
g a ted
pa ole.
Bea t
Si gh
was
killed
i
a
suicide
bombi g
i
Cha diga h
i
1995.”His
mothe
is
u well.
We
have
ecomme ded
his
case
o
huma ita ia
g ou ds,”
Kata ia
told
epo te s.The
gove o ’s
i te ve tio
was
equi ed
as
Hawa a’s
pa ole
plea
is
bei g
co side ed
i
Delhi.Ea lie ,
Ma
o
Wed esday
backed
pa ole
fo
Hawa a
o
huma ita ia
g ou ds,
sayi g
his
aili g
mothe
had
a
“ e ewed
hope”
of
meeti g
he
so
afte
31
yea s.The
chief
mi iste
said
Kata ia,
who
is
also
the
admi ist ato
of
Cha diga h,
had
assu ed
him
that
he
would
take
up
the
matte
with
the
U io
home
sec eta y.
Ma
had
ea lie
w itte
to
Kata ia,
seeki g
10-day
pa ole
fo
Hawa a.
Bittu,
mea while,
exp essed
hope
that
the
compete t
autho ities
would
co side
the
equest
expeditiously
a d
take
a
app op iate
decisio
i
acco da ce
with
law.He
eite ated
that
while
his
family
would
always
ho ou
the
“sup eme
sac ifice”
of
Bea t
Si gh,
it
also
believed
that
compassio ,
huma ity
a d
peace
should
guide
society
fo wa d.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
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you
thoughts
i
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comme ts
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espectful
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commu ity
guideli es
Last
mo th,
the
Pu jab
a d
Ha ya a
high
cou t
di ected
autho ities
at
Delhi’s
Ma doli
p iso ,
whe e
Hawa a
is
lodged,
to
decide
his
pa ole
applicatio
i
a
time-bou d
ma e
afte
obtai i g
ecomme datio s
f om
the
Cha diga h
admi ist atio .Kata ia,
the
Pu jab
gove o ,
also
se ves
as
the
admi ist ato
of
Cha diga h.Hawa a
was
i itially
se te ced
to
death,
but
the
se te ce
was
late
commuted
by
the
high
cou t.
He
is
se vi g
a
life
se te ce
i
co ectio
with
the
blast
that
killed
Bea t
Si gh
a d
16
othe s.
