Mohali court issues production warrants of Jagtar Singh Hawara in 24-yr-old case

The district court has issued production warrants of Jagtar Singh Hawara, a convict in the assassination case of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.

The production warrants for December 17 were issued in a 24-year-old sedition case on December 3 but the court order was made available on Monday.

“Production warrants issued to accused received back served through e-mail. However, accused has not been produced by the jail authorities. Let production warrants be issued to the concerned jail authorities to produce the accused in the court on December 17,” observed the court of Judicial Magistrate (Ist Class) Jagjeet Singh.

Hawara is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi.