Chandigarh, October 10
Four persons, including Paramjit Singh, alleged to be involved in the assassination of former Chief Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, were acquitted today by a local court in the Jammu bomb blast case that took place in 1997.

Attarjit Singh, Ravinder Kaur, Balbir Singh and Paramjit Singh were acquitted acting on the discharge application moved by them, claiming that the main witness in the case, Sai Dass, had died on July 21, 1997, 12 days after the bomb blast and many of the witnesses in the case did not identify any of them while deposing before the court. Another accused, Ranjit Singh, alleged to be involved in the case, had been declared a proclaimed offender by the police.

On June 6, 1997, four persons had died and 12 had sustained serious injuries in a bomb blast that took place in a bus at Jammu. The four were alleged to be responsible for the blast. They were arrested on charges of murder and under sections of the Explosive Act.

Sai Dass, who was main witness in the case, had made a statement to the police that he had overheard that the four persons were involved in the bomb blast.