In one of the major win for Punjab Police, it has secured the extradition of 2016 Nabha Jailbreak mastermind Ramanjit Singh alias Romy, from Hong Kong.
On Thursday, Ramanjit Singh was brought back to India by the team of the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of the Punjab Police, said the Information And Public Relations Department, Punjab.
“After tireless efforts by @PunjabPoliceInd, Romy, the key conspirator, is being brought back today to face justice. He was in touch with #ISI and other escaped prisoners, including Harminder Singh Mintu and Kashmir Singh Galwaddi of the Khalistan Liberation Force (#KLF),” informed Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav in a post on X.
Mastermind of 2016 Nabha Jailbreak, Ramanjit Singh @ Romy, Extradited to #India from #HongKong!
After tireless efforts by @PunjabPoliceInd, Romy, the key conspirator, is being brought back today to face justice. He was in touch with #ISI and other escaped prisoners, including… pic.twitter.com/h6kNx57kHG
— DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) August 22, 2024
The DGP’s post further reads, “We thank the Hong Kong authorities, the CBI, Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs and all other central agencies as part of this international cooperation.”
Ramanjit Singh alias Romi played a role in Nabha Jailbreak which took place on November 27, 2016 at around 9am, in which, gangsters dressed as policemen, broke open the high-security jail and freed six dreaded inmates and gangsters, namely Harminder Singh alias Mintu, Gurpreet Singh Sekhon, Amandeep Singh Dhotian, Kulpreet Singh alias Neeta Deol, Kashmir Singh alias Galwaddi and gangster Harjinder Singh alias Vicky Gonder, who were later neutralised by Punjab Police on January 26, 2018 in Rajasthan, while others were arrested.
Romi is a key member of the Shera Khuban/Vicky Gaunder gang, had provided logistical in the form of financial help, weapons used in Nabha Jail break, fake IDs used to gain access in the jail and financial support to the gang members in the preparation to execute the jail break, apart from providing safe houses and hideouts to the prisoners, who had escaped from the jail.
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