Nabha
jailbreak, top terrorist KLF
chief Mintoo, gangsters flee
chief Mintoo, gangsters flee
PATIALA: In a sensational jailbreak, armed men on Sunday, 27th November
2016, attacked the maximum security
Nabha jail in Punjab and escaped with two terrorists, including Khalistan
Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Harminder Singh Mintoo and four gangsters,
police said.
The attackers, dressed in police uniform, breached the tight
security of the prison around 9 a.m. with at least 100 rounds fired during the
well-planned and executed attack, jail officials said.
In a related development, police sources said police fired at a
vehicle on the Patiala-Cheeka road (towards Haryana) which did not stop at a
barricade set up to catch the prisoners who escaped. A woman was killed in the
incident.
Jail officials told police that the attackers entered the prison
premises by telling the outer security that they had brought a prisoner for
verification. Their vehicles were allowed entry easily.
Mintoo, arrested in 2014 and with 10 cases against him, and
another terrorist, Kashmir Singh Galwadi, were among those who escaped from the
jail premises.
Mintoo had been to Pakistan a few times and had reportedly got
training from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Gangsters Vicky Gonder,
Gurpreet Sekhon, Neeta Deol and Vikramjit also escaped.
Punjab Director General of Police Suresh Arora said in Chandigarh
that he was rushing to Nabha.
The attackers, about 10-12 in number, entered the jail premises
in two cars, including a Toyota Fortuner SUV. They breached the three-tier
security ring easily.
Prison sources said the attack lasted for less than 10 minutes
and the jail security failed to counter the attack. An SLR (self-loading rifle)
of the jail security was taken away by the attackers.olce
claimed by evening that one person was arrested in connection with the
jailbreak incident. Government announced
Rs.25 Lakh for those who will give information leading the arrest of the
escaped prisoners.
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