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This is an archive article published on December 6, 2010
Beant Singh assassin to be baptised as Sikh in jail
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to make arrangements for the baptism ceremony of Balwant Singh,who is on death row for assassinating former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.
Written by Express News Service
Amritsar | December 6, 2010 11:41 PM IST
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Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to make arrangements for the baptism ceremony of Balwant Singh,who is on death row for assassinating former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh.
Balwant had recently written to the jathedar that he wanted to be baptised as a Sikh but could not be released from prison for the purpose and hence the ceremony should be arranged at Chandigarhs high-security Burail Jail.
The jathedar said he had received the letter,in which Balwant had expressed his desire to die as a baptised Sikh.
I have asked the SGPC to make proper arrangements for this. His last wish should be fulfilled, Gurbachan Singh said on Sunday.
He said the letter was handed over to him by Balwants sister.
Beant Singh was killed on August 31,1995 in a powerful human bomb explosion in Chandigarh. A special CBI court convicted Balwant and the death sentence was recently upheld by Punjab and Haryana High Court. A terrorist linked with Babbar Khalsa International,Balwant has not opposed the death penalty.
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