Days after a local court in Punjab sentenced Cabinet Minister Aman Arora to two years of rigorous imprisonment in a family dispute, Governor Banwarilal Purohit on January 5 sought a detailed report on the issue from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
A Sangrur court had sentenced Mr. Arora to two years’ rigorous imprisonment in a physical assault case registered by his brother-in-law Rajinder Deepa in the year 2008.
Mr. Purohit wrote a letter to the Chief Minister citing a Supreme Court judgement regarding an MLA’s membership being divested if convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of over two years by a trial court. Mr. Purohit cited the matter as a “serious” one involving non-compliance of directions given by the apex court.
