New Delhi: Jailed Waris Punjab De member Amritpal Singh was flown to New Delhi by special aircraft recently for his swearing-in as an MP, an official told PTI.
Singh, who won the Lok Sabha election from the Khadoor Sahib constituency in Punjab, has been granted four-day parole for the ceremony, he added.
Escorted from Dibrugarh Central Jail, where he has been held since April last year, Singh was taken to the airport under tight security early in the morning. An eight-member team from the Punjab Police arrived on Thursday to escort Singh to New Delhi, accompanied by Assam police and district administration officials.
Singh’s parole conditions are strict, forbidding him and his relatives from making public statements during his stay in New Delhi. Media coverage, including videography or statement circulation, is also prohibited. Additionally, Singh is instructed to avoid any activities that could compromise national security.
Last month, Singh’s parents, Tarsem Singh and Balwinder Kaur, and his wife Kirandeep Kaur, visited him after his Lok Sabha election victory. Amritpal won the Khadoor Sahib seat by a margin of 1.97 lakh votes as an Independent candidate, defeating Congress’s Kulbir Singh Zira.
Ten members of the outfit, including Amritpal and one of his uncles, have been jailed for over a year under the National Security Act, following a crackdown in different parts of Punjab.
Pertinelty, jailed Kashmiri politicial leader Engineer Rqashid has took an oath recently. Rashid, 56, won the recent Lok Sabha election from Baramulla as an independent while being incarcerated. They could not take oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24 and 25 along with the other winning candidates.
For taking oath, Rashid was granted a two-hour custody parole, excluding the travel time from Tihar to Parliament, and Singh a four-day custody parole, beginning July 5, in view of the travel from Assam to Delhi and back.