Dibrugarh, Nov. 13 -- An Amritsar court has approved one-day parole for imprisoned Khadoor Sahib Member of Parliament and Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh, allowing him to attend the funeral rites of his 84-year-old grandmother, Charan Kaur, who died on Sunday.

Currently lodged in Assam's high-security Dibrugarh Central Jail, Singh will be escorted to Punjab by a Punjab Police contingent on Saturday, November 14.

Although his relatives had petitioned for an extended release to observe the full post-funeral rituals, the court limited his temporary leave to 24 hours.

Addressing the media in Dibrugarh on Friday, Singh's legal counsel, Jasbir Kaur, confirmed that the court had approved the temporary release and that all administrative p...