SIM card seized from gangsters in jail barracks

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, February 25

Chanpreet Singh Channa, notorious gangster allegedly involved in the sensational Nabha jail break incident, has been booked with other gangster Ramandeep Singh alias Rammy Machana as a mobile SIM card was recovered from their barrack.

Acting on a tip-off, the jail police, along with the Bathinda police, jointly conducted a search drive in the high security zone and barracks at the central jail situated in Gobindpura village, 18 km away from here.

As many 18 notorious criminals, including some A category gangsters, have been locked in these barracks. Nothing was found from these barracks except the SIM card.

It was recovered from the barrck of notorious gangsters Chanpreet Singh alias Channa, a resident of Gardiwala in Hoshiarpur, and Ramandeep Singh alias Rammy, a resident of Machana village.

Following this, jail officials lodged a complaint at the Nathana police station against the two. A case under Section 188 of the Jail Manual Act has been registered.

According to sources, the jail police, along with staff of the CIA Bathinda, conducted raids.

Chanpreet Singh aka Channa is one of the main accused in the sensational Nabha jail break incident.

He, along with others, entered the jail premises, snatched the gun (SLR) of a guard and opened indiscriminate firing to give a cover to the jail inmates to escape.

Channa was arrested by the CIA wing of the Patiala police on December 15, 2016 from Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi with other accused.

From that time, Channa was in judicial custody in the maximum security jail in Nabha and was shifted to Bathinda one and a half month ago.

Ramandeep Singh alias Rammi, Machana and another gangster was also in judicial custody at Bathinda Jail.

Deputy Superintendant of Bathinda Jail, Manjeet Singh Sidhu, confirmed the development and said the Sim card was recovered from a bag in the barrack and both Chanpreet Singh Channa and Ramandeep Singh Rammi had been booked.

The Nathana police will take both of them on production warrant for further investigation regarding the SIM.