Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here, seeking his intervention to secure a parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, jailed for life for the assassination of then chief minister Beant Singh in 1995.
The convict has sought the relief to meet his ailing mother.
Mann said the governor, who is also the UT administrator, assured him to take up the matter with the Union home secretary in this regard.
The chief minister's meeting with the governor came days after he wrote to Kataria, favouring the grant of 10-day parole to Hawara on humanitarian ground.
"I met him in connection with that matter. The governor is also the UT administrator. He is to recommend and thereafter, the Home Ministry will take a decision," Mann said.
"We wrote for a 10-day parole. But it is the Centre that will take a call on granting parole for however long," Mann said.
The chief minister said Hawara's mother has been longing to meet her son. "Whenever Hawara's name is uttered near her, she reacts. She wants to meet her son," he said.
Mann further said he conveyed to Kataria the state government's guarantee that the law and order will be maintained.
{{/usCountry}}Mann further said he conveyed to Kataria the state government's guarantee that the law and order will be maintained.
{{/usCountry}}"I expect that Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara ji will soon be sitting beside his mother," Mann said.
Last month, the Punjab and Haryana High Court directed authorities in Delhi's Mandoli prison, where Hawara is lodged, to decide Hawara's parole application in a time-bound manner after seeking recommendations of the Chandigarh Administration.
In his earlier letter to the governor, Mann had said, "Owing to her old age, the mother of Jagtar Singh Hawara is facing age-related health issues. This has resulted in deterioration of her health, which is a major cause of concern for everyone."
Appealing for relief on humanitarian grounds, Mann had then said, "Jagtar Singh Hawara has also filed CRWP No. 3868/2026 before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, seeking directions for his release on parole."
Earlier, a delegation of Shiromani Akali Dal also met the Punjab governor here and sought his intervention for allowing Hawara to meet his ailing mother.
Hawara was sentenced to death, but it was commuted by the high court. He is serving imprisonment for the rest of his life in the case related to the blast at the entrance of the civil secretariat at Chandigarh on August 31, 1995, in which Beant Singh and 16 more people were killed.
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