Media ‘misinterpreted’ Rajoana’s letter: Sister

THE sister of Balwant Singh Rajoana,a convict on death row in connection with the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh,said that the letter recently written by him was allegedly “misinterpreted” by the media.

Rajoana’s sister Kamaldeep Kaur said in a statement here on Monday that the death convict did not mention in the letter that he can be “hanged” any time.

“With this letter,I want to make my position clear once again that I am not ready to bow before the Congress. Neither I earlier pleaded for mercy nor will I do it in future. They can test my determination at any time,” the letter,which he had written on February 16 from Patiala central jail,stated.

Rajoana was a party to the assassination of Beant Singh and sixteen others. They were killed by a human bomb at Punjab civil secretariat on August 31,1995. Rajoana was sentenced to death in 2006.

Rajoana’s hanging was scheduled to take place on March 31,2012 but was postponed in wake of a review petition moved before by the SGPC. His mercy petition is pending with the President.