Dibrugarh: Jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh has been granted one-day parole to attend the last rites of his grandmother, Charan Kaur, who died on Sunday at the age of 84.Amritpal, lodged at Dibrugarh Central Jail, will be taken to Punjab on Saturday (Nov 14), his lawyer Jasbir Kaur said on Friday. The Amritsar court granted parole for one day despite the family’s request for more time to complete the last rites and associated rituals.“His grandmother passed away on Sunday, on the day of Diwali. Considering the circumstances, the Amritsar court has granted him parole for Saturday,” Kaur said.“A Punjab Police team will come here tomorrow to take him to Punjab,” she said.The family reportedly postponed the cremation while seeking permission for Amritpal to attend the funeral. His legal team approached the Amritsar district and sessions court on humanitarian and religious grounds.Amritpal has been lodged in the Dibrugarh jail since April 23, 2023, after his arrest in Punjab in connection with the Feb 2023 attack on Ajnala police station. He was detained under the National Security Act. After his three-year detention expired in April 2026, he was re-arrested in the Ajnala case and later remanded to judicial custody.The case relates to the alleged storming of the police station on Feb 24, 2023, to secure the release of an associate. Charges have been framed against 41 accused.Amritpal won the Khadoor Sahib seat as an Independent in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
