CRPF men attacked in Bathinda jail, 2 gangsters among 3 booked

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, December 31

Three persons, including category ‘A’ gangster Dilpreet Baba, have been booked for allegedly assaulting CRPF personnel inside the Central Jail here.

The gangsters along with their accomplices allegedly attacked the Central Reserved Police Force personnel with iron rods and a sharp object. The police have registered a case on the basis of a letter received from the jail authorities and initiated further action.

Those booked included another gangster Rajveer Singh. In his complaint, Assistant Superintendent Sachin Meet Singh claimed the accused violated the jail manual and obstructed government servants from performing duties.

Dilpreet had shot at singer

• Gangsters Rajveer and Dilpreet besides inmate Karamjit Singh got into an argument with CRPF personnel and attacked them, claimed police
• Dilpreet had allegedly opened fire at singer Parmish Verma for ransom and made an extortion call to singer-actor Gippy Grewal

ASI Baljit Singh of the Cantt police station said in the complaint, it was claimed Rajveer, Dilpreet and inmate Karamjit Singh got into an argument with CRPF personnel on duty and attacked them. Other security personnel later overpowered the accused.

Dilpreet Baba was allegedly involved in the assault on Punjabi singer Parmish Verma from whom he had demanded a ransom of Rs 10 lakh. He had also allegedly made an extortion call to singer-actor Gippy Grewal. On April 9, 2018, he had allegedly shot a sarpanch in broad daylight in Chandigarh. He faces several other cases. Rajveer, too, has been nominated in several cases.

Earlier, Dilpreet had escaped from the Punjab Police custody in July 2016 with the help of fellow gangsters while being shifted from the Ropar jail to the Hoshiarpur jail in a drugs case.

The Jails Department has shifted at least 37 dreaded gangsters to the Central Jail, Bathinda, where a special ‘dead zone’ has been created. In this zone, there is no mobile connectivity within a 2 km radius. All communication by the jail staff or prisoners (facility available at a fixed time) is done through landline.

Cantt police station SHO Varun Singh said the gangsters would be interrogated after obtaining their production warrant and the iron rods and sharp object used in the assault were yet to be recovered.