New Delhi: Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, who spent about 10 months in Patiala’s central jail, was launched on Saturday (April 1). Though he was anticipated to be launched from jail at midday, the method appeared to have gotten delayed by a number of hours. Supporters and Congress leaders had gathered outdoors the jail to welcome him again. Sidhu’s son Karan Sidhu, whereas chatting with reporters, expressed the household’s eagerness to see him launched and stated that it had been a tricky time for them. A number of posters and hoardings of Navjot Sidhu have been put up in Patiala metropolis to welcome him.
#WATCH | Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu launched from Patiala jail, roughly 10 months after he was sentenced to one-year jail by Supreme Court docket in a 3 many years previous street rage case pic.twitter.com/kzVB2vMnpk
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The previous cricketer turned politician was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court docket over the loss of life of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a street rage case in 1988. He went to jail on Could 20, 2022. Sidhu’s lawyer, HPS Varma, acknowledged that the early launch was as a result of his good conduct throughout his imprisonment.
On Friday, Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa stated that the Punjab authorities has no objection to the discharge of Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Social gathering staff and supporters are ecstatic in regards to the launch of Navjot Sidhu, and dhol gamers have been organized to welcome him. Former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema expressed that the folks of Punjab are eagerly ready for Sidhu to be launched.
The discharge of Sidhu has been extremely anticipated and his supporters are wanting ahead to his subsequent transfer.
