Chandigarh/ Bhatinda, May 29(ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday sought clemency for death row of convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar after his mercy petition was rejected by President Pratibha Patil.
Singh said that killing Bhullar would not solve the problem.
"The man has spent ten years in prison. You can keep him in prison but by killing another man you are not solving a problem. I am against capital punishment," Singh told reporters in Chandigarh.
Meanwhile, Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chief Paramjit Singh Sarna said he was confident that Bhullar would get judicial relieve.
"An educated person and able person like Devender Pal Singh Bhullar was made to give his thumb impression rather than signature. There are many things according to which he shouldn't be hanged, but given clemency. We are confident that we will get relieve from court," Sarna said in Bhatinda.
"We are very confident, 100 percent confident that we get relieve from court. In case we don't get relieve from court we will file mercy petition again," he added.
Earlier, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had urged Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to intervene and prevent the death sentence of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) militant.
Bhullar was sentenced to death for masterminding the car bomb attack on then Youth Congress President Maninderjit Singh Bitta, which left nine persons dead just a stone throw away from Parliament on September 10, 1993. (ANI)
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