Rapid Action Force men at Nabha Central Jail, which was stormed by armed men who helped in escaping six terrorists including Khalistan Liberation Front chief Harminder Mintoo | File PhotoChandigarh: Khalistani Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo was Monday nabbed from Delhi railway station, a day after he escaped with five other inmates from Nabha jail in Patiala.
"Mintoo has been arrested from Delhi railway station by Delhi police," said a senior official of Punjab police in Chandigarh.
He said Delhi police nabbed the dreaded terrorist on the basis of inputs passed on by Punjab police.
"We passed on the information about Mintoo following which Delhi police arrested him," official said.
He said a team of Punjab police will go to Delhi to bring him back.
It is the second arrest in the case. UP police last evening arrested the alleged "mastermind" of the daring daylight jailbreak, Parminder Singh.
He was arrested from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district when the getaway vehicle--a Toyota Fortuner--was stopped at a police picket.
Another man, allegedly one of the gunmen who helped them escape from Nabha jail, was also arrested earlier in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district.
Parminder Singh alias Pamma Singh, who was in a SUV, was intercepted by police in the western UP district in the evening and arrested. A haul of weapons was also recovered from the vehicle.
Punjab Police has been informed about the arrest, said ADG (Law and Order) Daljeet Chowdhary, adding Singh was being questioned for further leads on his accomplices.
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Khalistani terrorist, 5 others escape from Nabha jail in Punjab; high alert in north India
A high alert was sounded across north India after armed men, said to be 10-12 in number, attacked the maximum security Nabha jail and escaped with two terrorists, including Khalistan Liberation Force's Harminder Singh Mintoo, and four gangsters, police said.
With Punjab going to polls early next year, the opposition Congress said the incident exposed the 'complete breakdown of law and order' in the state and triggered fears of revival of terrorism ahead of assembly elections.
(With agency inputs)
