Nihang leader Aman Singh, Gurmeet Pinki were never together in jail, says report

Jupinderjit Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 20

Contrary to the claims made earlier by former police official Gurmeet Pinki and Nihang leader Aman Singh that they knew each other since they were inmates in the Patiala Jail, records show that they were never together in any prison.

Baba Aman Singh is head of the Nihang group that allegedly killed a man at the Singhu border, by chopping off his hand.

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The Jails Department has submitted a report in this regard to the Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today. The report lists the duration and location of their imprisonment. Randhawa told The Tribune that he had already said there was a deep-rooted conspiracy behind the various incidents involving the Nihang leader. “We are looking at the jail record report and will inquire further,” Randhawa said.

The jail records show Pinki was in the Central Jail, Ludhiana, in 2006. He was shifted to the Central Jail, Patiala, in November 2007 where he remained till July 14, 2012. Later, he was shifted to Open Jail, Nabha, and his sentence was completed on June 23, 2016.

Nihang leader Aman Singh was in Kapurthala Jail from June 9, 2017 to November 24, 2017 during which he was bailed out twice, but re-arrested. While Nihang leader Aman Singh could not be contacted, Pinki said he was either misunderstood or misquoted. “I had said that I was in Patiala Jail with Nihang Baba Surjit Singh, who had about 40 men with him in the prison.”  

What record says

The jail records show Gurmeet Pinki’s sentence was completed on June 23, 2016, whereas Nihang leader Aman Singh was in Kapurthala Jail from June 9, 2017 to November 24, 2017

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