Patiala/Lucknow: Khalistan Liberation Front chief Harminder Mintoo and five others escaped from Nabha jail in Punjab on Sunday after armed men in police uniform tricked the sentries into opening the gates and bolted out with the inmates firing a hail of bullets.
Among the escapees was another terrorist Kashmira Singh, according to Punjab police chief Suresh Arora.
However, hours later, the alleged “mastermind” of the daring daylight jailbreak, Parminder Singh, was arrested from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district when the getaway vehicle — a Toyota Fortuner — was stopped at a police picket.
A self-loading rifle (SLR), three rifles and several rounds of ammunition were recovered from the SUV during the search, UP’s Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Daljit Singh Chaudhary said.
After the six escaped, apparently without facing much resistance from the security personnel, Punjab government sacked two senior prison officials, Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent, suspended ADGP (Jails) MK Tiwari, and formed an SIT to probe the jail break.
