Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar released on 6-week parole

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 4

Prof Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, a convict in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case, was released on six-week parole in view of Covid pandemic on Saturday. He was admitted to the psychiatry ward of Government Medical College here.

529 inmates freed

Jail Superintendent Arshdeep Singh Gill said Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar was among 59 inmates sent on six-week parole to decongest the prison. So far, the jail administration has released 529 prisoners and undertrials.

Bhullar was awarded death sentence by a TADA court in the bomb blast case in 2001. But his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2014. He was among eight Sikh prisoners, undergoing sentence for crimes during days of militancy in Punjab, whose names were cleared for special remission by the Centre last year as a humanitarian gesture to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

Jail Superintendent Arshdeep Singh Gill said Bhullar was among 59 inmates sent on six-week parole to decongest the prison on Saturday. So far, the jail administration has released 529 prisoners and undertrials in view of Covid spread.

Bhullar was taken to his house in Ranjit Avenue here under tight security. During the parole period, he would not be allowed to venture out. In case he wants to move out, he would need to taken permission from the authorities.