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He tweeted out his resignation letter, which said that he would not be able to serve the prestigious office due to“personal reasons".
Dr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Senior Advocate, has today resigned from the post of Advocate General of Punjab. He tweeted out his resignation letter, in which he said that he would not be able to serve the prestigious office due to“personal reasons.”
His resignation came merely months after him being appointed the Advocate General.
Addressing the resignation letter to the Chief Minister, Bhagwant Man, he wrote,
“I am really thankful to the party for giving me a chance to represent the office of Advocate General, Punjab. Due to my personal reasons, I won’t be able to serve this prestigious office, therefore, I hereby tender my resignation which may kindly be accepted at earliest,”
According to the Tribune, Sidhu and his team of lawyers had played an important role in Punjab police custody of dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case.
It has been reported that on July 12, unidentified persons had hurled stones at the Shatabdi Express near Panipat, causing a crack in the windowpane of a berth occupied by Sidhu, who was returning from Delhi after appearing in the Supreme Court in a case against Bishnoi.
Sidhu was appointed as the advocate general in March. The post had then fallen vacant following the resignation of Deepinder Singh Patwalia after the Punjab Assembly poll results were declared and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power in the state.
The Hindustan Times has reported that Punjab has appointed senior advocate Vinod Ghai as the new advocate general of the state.The 62-year-old Ghai is considered one of the the top criminal lawyers at the Bar who was designated as senior advocate in 2012.
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