Beant Singh's assassin remanded to five days judicial custody in Patiala

A district court on Saturday remanded former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin, Jagtar Singh Tara, to five days judicial custody.

"We had asked for 14 days' remand, but they have agreed for five. Investigation is already done on the funding. There is no link or evidence with them. There was no investigation on the women dropped by them in a car and there is no evidence that somebody has seen the shot out," said Jagtar Singh's lawyer, Baljinder Singh Sodhi.

"They are just trying to make the case high profile. They claimed that they have been given training by Pakistan to use the weapon, but they do not have any direct evidence for any of them. Forty six witnesses have been examined," he added.

Earlier this month, the Thai authorities, acting on a tip-off from the Punjab Police, arrested Tara from the house of a member of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).

Tara is accused of planning the suicide attack on Beant Singh in 1995 in Chandigarh, an act of terror that resulted in the death of 18 people.

The Khalistan Tiger Force commander and his accomplices Paramjit Singh Bheora, Jagtar Singh Hawara and Dev Singh were arrested after the incident but escaped from the high security Burail Jail in Chandigarh.

According to reports, Tara was living in Thailand under a Pakistani passport.