Nabha jailbreak: Another gangster arrested

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 29

The Nawanshahr police today arrested Sulakhan Singh alias Babbar Sultan, one of the main accused in the Nabha jailbreak case.

Addressing mediapersons, Arpit Shukla, IG, Jalandhar zone, said the police, acting on a tip-off, nabbed the gangster at Nawanshahr bus stand in the morning.

“Posing as an ASI, Sulakhan had entered the Nabha jail in a Honda City car along with Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi Ghanshampur, Supreet Singh alias Harry Chatha and Prema Singh alias Prema Lahoriya. Attired in police uniform, they had shown fake warrants of one Gurpreet Singh to the policeman at the entrance gate on November 27 last year.

Sulakhan, a resident of Mattewal in Amritsar district, and his accomplices had facilitated the escape of Harjinder Singh alias Vicky Gounder, Harminder Singh Mintoo, Kashmir Singh, Amandeep Singh Dhotian, Kulpreet Singh alias Neeta Deol and Gurpreet Singh Sekhon, the IG added.

Mintoo, Dhotian, Kulpreet and Gurpreet have already been re-arrested.