MOHALI, May 4 -- A Kharar court has issued a production warrant against Babbar Khalsa terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara - who is serving life term in the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995 - in a case registered under the Explosive Substances Act and the Arms Act at the Kharar police station in 2005.

The warrant was issued by the court of the additional district and sessions judge, Kharar, during a hearing on Saturday after officials from Mandoli Jail in Delhi failed to present Hawara via video conferencing. The court also issued notices to jail authorities, directing that Hawara be produced through video conferencing on May 8.

A case was registered against Hawara and others at the Kharar police station in 2005 ...