SAS NAGAR (MOHALI): A
delegation of Sikh organizations demanding release of death-row convict
Davinderpal Singh Bhullar Friday submitted a memorandum to SAS Nagar
Deputy Commissioner Tejinderpal Singh Sidhu.
The memorandum addressed to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde appealed for Bhullar’s release keeping in mind his ailing medical condition as submitted by the board of doctors.The board has come to conclusion that Bhullar suffers from “severe depression with psychotic symptoms and suicidal tendencies”.
As per jail manual, a death row convict cannot be hanged till declared fit physically as well as mentally. All India Sikh Students Federation president Karnail Singh Peermohammad said Bhullar should be released on humanitarian grounds as he has already served life sentence.
A large number of people participated in the march demanding Bhullar’s release braving the scorching heat in Mohali.
Bhullar was given capital punishment in 2001 for the 1993 blast at the Youth Congress office, a stone's throw from Parliament House in Delhi, which left nine dead. The attack was targeted against then Youth Congress leader M.S. Bitta.
The memorandum addressed to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde appealed for Bhullar’s release keeping in mind his ailing medical condition as submitted by the board of doctors.The board has come to conclusion that Bhullar suffers from “severe depression with psychotic symptoms and suicidal tendencies”.
As per jail manual, a death row convict cannot be hanged till declared fit physically as well as mentally. All India Sikh Students Federation president Karnail Singh Peermohammad said Bhullar should be released on humanitarian grounds as he has already served life sentence.
A large number of people participated in the march demanding Bhullar’s release braving the scorching heat in Mohali.
Bhullar was given capital punishment in 2001 for the 1993 blast at the Youth Congress office, a stone's throw from Parliament House in Delhi, which left nine dead. The attack was targeted against then Youth Congress leader M.S. Bitta.
