India, Nov. 9 -- A formal application was filed in an Amritsar court seeking temporary parole for jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh to attend the last rites of his grandmother, Charan Kaur.

Charan Kaur, 84, died on Sunday following a prolonged illness. Her passing came shortly after the Amritsar district court permitted Amritpal to speak with her via a 10-minute video call from Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail, where he remains incarcerated since April 2023.

The family has kept her mortal remains at their native village, Jallupur Khera, and deferred the cremation for three days pending a ruling on the parole plea.

Addressing the press at the Amritsar court complex, defence counsel Harjot Singh Mann and Karamveer Singh confirmed the ...