Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhuafter spending about 10 months in Patiala’s central jail, is about to stroll free in a road rage case in 1988 on saturday. Several Congress leaders and supporters assembled exterior the jail to accord the 59-year-old former cricketer a grand welcome upon his launch and chanted “Navjot Sidhu zindabad”, information company PTI reported.

The former state Congress chief was jailed on May 20 final 12 months after being sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court over the loss of life of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh within the street rage case in 1988.

Sidhu’s lawyer HPS Varma had on Friday mentioned the discharge was taking place earlier because of Sidhu’s good conduct throughout imprisonment, as allowed below the foundations.

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Sidhu’s household had acquired an intimation from authorities concerning his launch from the Patiala jail.

‘Dhol’ gamers had been organized by his supporters standing exterior the jail to welcome the cricketer-turned-politician.

Speaking to reporters at his residence on Saturday, Sidhu’s son Karan Sidhu mentioned the household has been eagerly ready for his launch from jail. He mentioned it had been a troublesome time for the household however now they had been completely happy to see him popping out of jail.

Several posters and hoardings of Navjot Sidhu had been put up at many locations in Patiala metropolis by Sidhu’s supporters to welcome him. Party employees are fairly ecstatic over the discharge of Sidhu, mentioned one of many supporters exterior the jail.

Congress chief and former MLA Navtej Singh Cheema mentioned folks of Punjab are ready for Sidhu to return out of jail.

(With inputs from PTI)