Road rage case: Navjot Singh Sidhu surrenders to Patiala court

Earlier in the day, the Congress leader had urged the Supreme Court to grant him more time to surrender citing medical conditions

FP Staff|May 20, 2022, 17:29:18 IST

Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu surrendered in a court in Patiala Friday, a day after he was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road-rage case.

Accompanied by some party leaders including Navtej Singh Cheema, he reached the district court, which is closed to the former Punjab Congress president's house, in the afternoon. Cheema drove Sidhu to the court in an SUV.

On Friday morning, a few supporters had turned up at the residence of Sidhu.

Patiala District Congress Committee president Narinder Pal Lali, in a message to party supporters Thursday night, had said Sidhu would reach the court at 10 am. He had urged them to reach the court complex around 9:30 am.

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