CHANDIGARH: Gurmeet Singh, one of the six life convicts in former chief minister of Punjab Beant Singh’s assassination case, was released on bail from model jail Burail in Chandigarh after over 27 years since his arrest in 1995.
Chandigarh chief judicial magistrate Aman Inder Singh’s court ordered Gurmeet’s release order on bail after he furnished bail bonds of Rs 2 lakh with two sureties. Gurmeet’s advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur told TOI, “Burail jail superintendent made a statement before the CJM court that Gurmeet’s premature release petition is pending for consideration for over three months and final decision is yet to be taken by the Chandigarh administration.” Gurmeet’s mother gave an undertaking that he would live in Guru Nanak Nagar, Patiala and in case his pending premature release case is rejected, he would surrender back to the jail.
