Chandigarh (The Stellar News): On Friday, Punjab cabinet led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann approved remission of sentence of five prisoners, Cricketer-turned politician and Former Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu, was not included in the list, leaving his supporters dejected.
The sentence of three prisoners was remitted under the Amrit Mahotsav Scheme of the Central Government.
Speculation had been rife over a special remittance for Sidhu since December, when the Jails Department started an exercise to identify prisoners who could be released on January 26, under the scheme. There were some indications that Sidhu would be released when the jails portfolio was headed by Harjot Bains. After the Jails Department reportedly prepared a case to recommend names of eight prisoners for remittance of sentence under the Amrit Mahotsav Scheme, rumours about Sidhu being included again gained momentum. The Cabinet has cleared the names of just three prisoners for sentence remission in this scheme today. These include Lakhvir Singh, Ravinder Singh and Taspreet Singh. The other two are Anirudh Mandal and Shambhu Mandal.
