NEW DELHI, May 19(ABC): Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has been convicted in a 34-year-old road rage case.
The 58-year-old has been sentenced to a year in jail by the Supreme Court of India. However, he has the option to challenge the decision.
The petition was filed by the family of a man who had passed away after a heated argument with Sidhu and his associate in 1988.
The case was hovering over Sidhu for more than three decades. The victim’s family had asked for severe charges against the cricketer-turned-politician who recently quit his Punjab Congress chief position after his party lost the state elections.
On December 27, 1988, Sidhu quarrelled with Gurnam over a parking spot. Allegedly, Sidhu, along with his associate, dragged Gurnam out of his vehicle and hit him. Later, he passed away.
In 1999, both he and his associate were acquitted by a sessions court in Patiala due to a lack of evidence.