Rivals Navjot Singh Sidhu, Bharat Bhushan Ashu lodged in Patiala jail, but separate cells
Former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was yesterday shifted to Central Jail here after he was sent to judicial remand in the tender allotment scam case. This means he is lodged in the same prison, where his rival and party colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu is lodged. Bailable warrants against Jail Suptd A Ludhiana court has […]Read More
The misuse of a jail canteen card, and other stories from Punjab’s VIP prison
Overcrowded like most jails – housing 2,450 against the sanctioned capacity of 1,801 – the Patiala Central Jail has been trying to meet the demands of its special inmates. Housing Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bikram Singh Majithia already, the Patiala Central Jail has acquired another VVIP inmate. This week, Punjabi singing star Daler Singh Mehndi landed in the jail […]Read More
Daler Mehndi Gets 2-Year Jail In 2003 Human Trafficking Case In Patiala
Daler Mehndi, brother illegally sent people abroad by showing them as troupe members; complainant says they took money but didn’t send him abroad Singer Daler Mehndi’s appeal against a two-year prison term in a 2003 case of human trafficking — for taking people abroad by showing them as troupe members — was dismissed by a […]Read More
