Bathinda, May 4 -- A Muktsar court has granted bail to Shamsher Singh, father of fugitive gangster Satinderjit Singh, alias Goldy Brar, in a Rs.50-lakh extortion case.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Raman Sharma accepted the application for regular bail on May 1. A copy of the court order is awaited.

Officials said Shamsher had yet to be released from jail because the formalities for furnishing bail bonds were incomplete.

Shamsher and his wife, Preetpal Kaur, both residents of Muktsar, were arrested in Amritsar on January 26 this year. Preetpal was granted bail in March.

Both were arrested after a government school teacher from Muktsar in December 2024 alleged that Rs.50 lakh were demanded from him through a Whats...