New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- The Delhi government's State Sentence Review Board (SSRB) has once again rejected the plea for premature release of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who was convicted in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case, officials said on Tuesday.

The SSRB considered 51 cases for premature release at a meeting held in December last year, rejecting 24 applications, including Bhullar's, official documents showed.

The SSRB, however, recommended the premature release of Hopeson Ningshen, a self-styled "lieutenant colonel" of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) (NSCN-IM), who was convicted for the abduction and killing of three Manipur government officials in Ukhrul district in February 2009. His release has been recommende...