Chandigarh, Aug. 8 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has written to Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, seeking 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in the Beant Singh assassination case, so that he can stay with his ailing and elderly mother.

Jagtar Singh Hawara is in jail because he was convicted as a key conspirator in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.

Mann on Saturday urged the Governor to consider Hawara's parole request on humanitarian grounds, particularly in view of his mother's health condition.

"It has been brought to my notice that Mr Jagtar Singh Hawara's mother is not in good health due to age-related health problems. Mr Jagtar Singh Hawara has also filed CRWP No. 3868/2026 ...