POLITICIAN SIDHU NOW CLERK IN PATIALA JAIL
For Punjab Deesk/PT/DT (story sent by Karam) A file photograph of Navjot Singh Sidhu. file photograph
New Delhi (The Quiver):After Navjot Singh Sidhu sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment. The former cricketer turned Punjab congress leader is assigned to work as clerk at the Patiala Central jail. Sidhu will be working from his cell for eight hours but he won’t go out for work because of security concerns. Files will be sent over to his barrack.
During the training period of first three months Sidhu will not be provided with any wages . After the training period he will be paid Rs 30-90, basing upon an unskilled, semi-skilled or skilled prisoner.
Jail officials said,” In jail Sidhu will be taught how to brief lengthy court judgments and compile jail records”.
Sidhu sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme court after being found guilty in Road Rage Case in 1988 . On December 27, 1988, Mr Sidhu got into an argument with Gurnam Singh, a resident of Patiala, over a parking spot. Mr Sidhu and his friend, Rupinder Singh Sandhu, allegedly dragged Gurnam Singh out of his car and hit him. He later died in hospital.
