Why former PTI MPA Baldev Kumar fled Pakistan and seek political asylum in India?

Why former PTI MPA Baldev Kumar fled Pakistan and seek political asylum in India?

NEW DELHI - Former PTI Member of Provincial Assembly Baldev Kumar fled Pakistan and seek political asylum in India.

He was charged under murder crime and was recently released on bail while the case is still proceeding in the court of law.

India is likely to grant asylum to a former Sikh lawmaker from Pakistan, Baldev Kumar, who fled the country and reached India. According to government sources, the Centre is considering the matter as he has been seeking political asylum from New Delhi.

Kumar, a member of Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is under murder case.

A former member of the Provincial Assembly from Barikot (Reserved) seat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, the 43-year-old says he was falsely charged with the murder of Soran Singh, the then special adviser to the chief minister.