Will protest against relief to Rajoana: Bittu

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 13

Days after the Union Home Ministry commuted the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, main accused in the Beant Singh assassination case, Ludhiana Member of Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu on Wednesday stated that he along with families affected by terrorism would stage a dharna outside Parliament.

The session is set to begin on November 18.

Bittu said he along with the families of the victims in the Beant Singh assassination case would seek an answer from the BJP-led NDA government as to why they were rubbing salt on the wounds of the terror-hit families?

The Ludhiana MP said he would talk to the BJP and RSS workers regarding their stand on the issue of commuting the death sentence of Rajoana to life term.

Meanwhile, the Union Home Ministry is learnt to have also given remittance to Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, an accused in the 1993 bomb blast case in New Delhi, who is undergoing life sentence.

In 2014, the Supreme Court commuted the sentence of Bhullar for the blast that had killed 12 people and injured 29 others to life imprisonment.

Though Bhullar is presently lodged in Amritsar Central Jail, the case pertains to Delhi.

A senior official said any action had to be taken by the Delhi Government. He has been custody since January 1995.