Parminder Singh, mastermind of the Nabha jailbreak in which Khalistani terrorist Harminder Singh escaped was arrested from Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. Parminder Singh, the alleged "mastermind" of the daring daylight jailbreak in Punjab, has been shifted to a high security prison in the district, jail officials said today. Singh was arrested from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district on the day itself when the getaway vehicle was stopped at a police picket. Superintendent of district jail Rakesh Singh said the accused, Parminder Singh, was shifted to a high security barrack here yesterday. An alert has been sounded in 65 district jails of Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the Nabha jailbreak.

Source: dna November 29, 2016 07:09 UTC