Amritsar, Dec 8 (PTI) Acting Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargajj on Monday raised the issue of releasing Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, a 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict, with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.

Gupta and her Cabinet colleagues on Monday visited the Golden Temple to pay obeisance. During the visit, the Delhi chief minister met Gargajj at the secretariat of the Akal Takht Sahib.

Gargajj told Gupta that the case of 'Bandi Singh' Bhullar has been pending with her government and that his release could be ensured with just one signature of hers.

Bandi Singhs refer to Sikh prisoners who, the community claims, are still lodged in different jails despite completion of their sentences.

Gargajj said that former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal kept Bhullar's case pending

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