Pakistani scientist Chisti may be released from jail tomorrow

Ajmer: The 80-year-old ailing Pakistani scientist Mohammed Khalil Chisti, who was granted bail by Supreme Court yesterday in a two-decade-old murder case, is likely to be released from jail here on Wednesday. Chisti, who is serving life term after his conviction in January last year, was granted bail on humanitarian grounds but the order is yet to be received by the trial court. “We will go to the fast track court tomorrow after the order is received,” Jamil Chisti, brother of Khalil Chisti, told PTI today. [caption id=“attachment_271550” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“A screen grab of Mohammed Khalil Chisti from CNN-IBN.”]  [/caption] “After furnishing the bail bond, we will go to the jail to welcome my brother who has spent over 14 months in jail,” he said. “My brother got some relief after a long battle. He is ailing and lodged in the jail hospital. Now, we will be able to take care of his health properly at home,” Jamil, who is a Khadim in dargarh of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer, said. Jamil said their prayers to the Sufi saint have finally been addressed. A microbiologist by profession, Chisti had come to visit his ailing mother in Ajmer in 1992 when he got embroiled in a dispute and, in the melee, one of his neighbours was shot dead while his nephew got injured. Born in Ajmer to a prosperous family of caretakers of the shrine, Chisti was studying in Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947 and chose to stay back in that country. PTI