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Breaking: Rajoana brought to PGI under heavy security
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, October 21, 2026: Balwant Singh Rajoana, a former Punjab Police constable who was sentenced to death for his role in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, was brought to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, under heavy security for treatment of his other eye.
Rajoana, who is lodged in Patiala Central Jail, has been in custody for more than three decades in the assassination case. His death sentence was upheld by higher courts.
He had earlier undergone an operation on one eye and was brought to PGI for treatment of the other eye, according to the information available.