India puts on hold execution of Balwant Singh

India puts on hold execution of Balwant Singh
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Summary India has put on hold execution of a Sikh for his role in assassination of state CM.

Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the murder plot by a suicide bomber in 1995, was scheduled to be hanged Saturday at Patiala Jail in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, but his execution was stayed pending an appeal made by the state government to the president.--AFP

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