Bhullar brought to Amritsar Jail from Tihar, admitted in GNDMCH Psychiatry ward

Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh, United Akali Dal president Mohkam Singh and former militant Wassan Singh Zafarwal were among those who had reached Amritsar jail in a gesture of according him a welcome – as Bhullar was brought to Amritsar in an ambulance with a team of doctors with him. The cavalcade where two Delhi police team vehicles moved ahead and behind the ambulance reached the jail entrance with vehicles of Punjab police as a gypsy of Punjab police led the cavalcade inside the jail.

After an examination and “initial interview” with Dr P D Garg, the head of Psychiatry department at GNDMCH, Bhullar was initially recommended to be kept in a room in Psychiatry department for “at least two to four weeks”.

“After an initial interview, I have observed that his mental condition is depressed. We will keep him here for at least two to four weeks. In my opinion, a medical board headed by Medical Superintendent should be constituted for his detailed examination and to take the next call on the issue,” Dr. Garg told The Indian Express.

“His body movements are slow. He is not talking. There is a loss of appetite. And after going through his medical chart which was given to me, he is suffering from a number of other health problems, which include high blood pressure, prostate gland problem and piles,” said Dr Garg.

Notably, Bhullar had been undergoing treatment at Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences in Delhi for last many years. Dr Garg said the medical chart he was referring to was part of Bhullar’s medical record and history.

The Swami Vivekanand Drug De-addiction and Treatment Centre which houses the Psychiatry department on its first floor saw the deployment of police in large numbers. Strict restrictions were put on the entrance of the centre as cops stood guard in good numbers. A battery of cops were deployed on the main entrance gate and several other cops were placed in and around the centre.

“Due to the security issues and nature of his ailments, he will be kept isolated from other patients in a separate room, which has an attached bathroom with it as he is suffering from prostate gland problem,” said Dr Garg.

The Sikh leaders who were present said they welcomed the shifting of Bhullar to his home state and added that they hoped that other Sikh prisoners from Punjab lodged in jails of other states for years together would also be brought back to the home state.

United Akali Dal president Mohkam Singh said, “Not only that the Sikh prisoners lodged outside Punjab jails had been suffering, but their family members and near and dear ones too had been at receiving end as they had to go long distance to have a meeting with them in jails outside Punjab.”