Chandigarh, Punjab—Reiterating his disbelief in the Indian constitution, Chief of Khalistan Tiger Force Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara has refused to defend himself in the Burail jail break case. He expressed his disbelief in the Indian constituency to the judge in a hearing held on September 14 via Video conferencing. It is notable that Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara had been expressing this stance from long time through his advocate Simarjit Singh.
District Session Judge J.S Sidhu is hearing the case via video conference. In the last hearing, the court had asked for the evidence record from the CBI which they failed to produce. An investigating officer of CBI today appeared in the court and the court deferred next hearing to October 14 after attending both sides.
Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara is also charged in the case of Beant Singh. The former Chief Minister of Punjab Beant “Singh” was assassinated in a bomb blast in the Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh on August 31, 1995. The CBI had arrested nine people in this case. The arrested nine were Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, Bhai Paramjit Singh Bheora, Bhai Gurmeet Singh Engineer, Bhai Lakhwinder Singh, Bhai Shamsher Singh, Bhai Naseeb Singh and Bhai Navjot Singh.
While the case was under trial in a Court of Union Territory, the accused trio Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara, Bhai Paramjit Singh Bheora and Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara managed to escape from Burail jail, Chandigarh by digging a tunnel on January 22, 2004, along with a common convict Devi Singh. Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara and Bhai Paramjit Singh Bheora were arrested within a year while Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara and Devi Singh succeeded in reaching Pakistan. Bhai Hawara and Bhai Bheora were sentenced to life convict till death by the Court of Union Territory.
Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara was arrested this year in Thailand and was brought back to India with the help of Thai authorities. Bhai Jagtar Singh Tara recently expressed distrust in Indian Constituency via his Advocate Simarjit Singh and had refused to contest his cases in court.
