CHANDIGARH – A Ropar court acquitted Babbar Khalsa militant and late CM Beant Singh assassination accused Jagtar Singh Hawara in an Arms Act case.
Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Kumari Sharma acquitted Hawara on the basis of lack of evidence. On October 9, 1988, Hawara was booked for hiding a .32 bore pistol in Mana Majra village near Chamkaur Sahib. The weapon was allegedly recovered during investigation into a murder of a Sikh priest.
Hawara is presently lodged in Tihar Jail, Delhi.
