Amritsar, Feb. 13 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj on Thursday termed it unfortunate that the BJP-led Delhi government had rejected the petition seeking the release of Sikh prisoner Devinderpal Singh Bhullar.

He said recently Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta, cabinet minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa and other ministers had met him at the Akal Takht secretariat, during which he had asked the chief minister to ensure the release of Bhullar.

He said the Delhi government's State Sentence Review Board had considered the cases of release of a total of 51 prisoners, out of which 24 cases were rejected while 27 were approved. He said if the government could decide to release other prisoners, then it could also release Bhul...