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Mann meets Governor, seeks 10-day parole for Beant Singh killer
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday, recommending a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara on humanitarian grounds. Hawara is serving a life sentence for the 1995…
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Wednesday, recommending a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara on humanitarian grounds. Hawara is serving a life sentence for the 1995 assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. Mann cited the deteriorating health of Hawara's 82-year-old mother, who has not seen him in 31 years.
Hours later, Hindustan Times reported that Hawara declined a two-day custody parole offer from the Delhi Prisons Department, insisting on regular parole instead. Custody parole requires an armed police escort, which Hawara refused. The governor assured Mann he would speak to the Union home secretary to expedite the matter. The final decision rests with the Centre.
The Indian Opinion
The Mann government's push for Hawara’s parole on humanitarian grounds has revived a predictable cycle: one side invokes a dying mother’s wish, and the other recalls the bombing that killed a sitting chief minister. Each framing is half-true but deliberately incomplete. The real question is not whether Hawara deserves compassion, but whether the Union government will treat him the same as any other ageing convict. If the Centre grants parole despite the security risk, it must also publish the standard conditions applied. If it refuses, it must explain why a high-risk tag overrides a court’s direction to consider release.
Sources (2): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, hindustantimes.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
