New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and sought his intervention for granting 10-day parole to Jagtar Singh Hawara on humanitarian grounds, citing the deteriorating health of Hawara's elderly mother.

Mann said Hawara's mother has been waiting to meet her son after 31 years and is currently in a semi-conscious state due to age-related health problems. He urged the Governor to consider the request at the earliest, according to a statement issued by the Punjab government.

Jagtar Singh Hawara is serving a life sentence for his role in the conspiracy to assassinate then Punjab CM Beant Singh, who was killed in a suicide bombing in Chandigarh in 1995.

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