Kin held for aiding jailbreak

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, February 5

The city police on Wednesday arrested the sister and brother-in-law of Gurpreet Singh and Jarnail Singh, two of the three undertrials who escaped the high-security Amritsar Central Jail on February 2, for sheltering and providing financial help to the trio after the jailbreak incident.

The arrested accused are Paramjit Kaur of Chohla Sahib and Sukhwinder Singh of Vain Poin village in Tarn Taran district.

Commissioner Sukhchain Singh Gill said during the probe, the police found that Paramjit met her brothers on November 21, 2019, in the Central Jail. They told her that they would escape from the jail. The duo suggested her to shift her rented house and arrange an accommodation for them. Paramjit left her rented place from Khadoor Sahib and took another house on rent at Chohla Sahib to shelter her brothers.

The police claimed that Paramjit also discussed their plan with Sukhwinder. As per the plan, after escaping from the Central Jail, the trio went to the same house in Chohla Sahib.

The police said instead of informing them about the whereabouts of the accused, Paramjit and Sukhwinder gave them shelter and helped them escape.

The Commissioner said the police would take the duo’s remand from the court for further investigation.

Notably, the police have been raiding on the hideouts of the undertrials, but no one has been arrested as yet.

On February 2, three undertrials escaped the high-security Amritsar Central Jail by scaling the boundary walls. The three — one accused of rape and the other two (both brothers) of theft and dacoity — escaped by making a hole in the wall of their barrack by removing about 10 bricks, officials had said.

The CM had ordered a magisterial probe to be led by Jalandhar Commissioner.