After an intelligence report from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) warned the Punjab police of a “jailbreak” in a bid to launch high-profile gangsters and militants, safety has been tightened throughout prisons in Punjab on Monday. The MHA report identified that the mastermind behind this sinister design was Babbar Khalsa International’s sought-after terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda, who’s suspected to be working out of Pakistan.
The Indian Express, citing the MHA letter that it had accessed, mentioned that the “likely targets of execution could be Bathinda jail, Ferozepur jail, Amritsar jail or Ludhiana jail.”
This growth comes amid ugly killings of kabaddi participant Sandeep Singh Nangal Ambian on March 14, and singer Sidhu Moosewala on May 29. Planning the assaults on overseas soil and getting them executed by an area gang is the modus operandi that’s being adopted by the perpetrators of such crimes.
According to the IE report, the MHA letter directed to the Punjab DGP additional acknowledged that “Pakistan-based operative Harvinder Singh alias Rinda has hatched a jail break plan in Punjab in coming days to ensure release of some prominent gangsters and militants”.
“Besides utilising his Punjab-based cohorts, Rinda is also likely to rope in some jehadi elements in execution of the plan. The likely targets of execution could be Bathinda jail, Ferozepur jail, Amritsar jail or Ludhiana jail,” reads the letter, as reported by IE.
Rinda is an in depth aide of BKI chief Wadhawa Singh and is believed to have the safety of Pakistan’s ISI. It is claimed that Rinda fled to Pakistan through Nepal utilizing faux passports. Rinda can also be the primary accused behind the assault in Nawanshahr Crime Investigating Agency constructing late final 12 months.
After a shock go to, Punjab Jails minister Harjot Singh Bains instructed The Indian Express that each one efforts have been made to rid Punjab jails of cell phones. “In 2.5 months of the AAP coming to power, we have recovered at least 1,000 mobile phones from jails. It is a record… Adequate security has been deployed across all jails in Punjab,” Bains mentioned.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”