Delhi police in its chargesheet against Nabha jail break accused and Khalistan liberation Force (KlF) leader Harminder Singh Mintu has quoted him making shocking revelations of poor functioning and lax security in the jail.
“Prisoners lodged in Nabha jail are not scared of the jail superintendents, they roam freely in the entire jail area and do not follow any rules and regulations. Prisoners stay in any cell they want to,” said Mintu to Delhi police.
Delhi police further quoted Mintu saying that the prisoners can access mobile network inside the jail premises despite there being a jammer installed.
“The jail staff are scared of the prisoners as most of them have sound political contacts,” the police quoted Mintu in the 22-page chargesheet filed on Monday.
The police filed the chargesheet before the court of Additional Sessions judge Sidharth Sharma. The court is yet to take cognizance of the chargesheet.
In the chargesheet, where Mintu was quoted making the shocking revelations, it was also mentioned that when Mintu had been living in Mumbai he was asked by his cousin Daljeet Singh to eliminate Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Ram Rahim Singh ji for allegedly insulting Sikh religion.
Mintu also told the police that he and his friend Kashmere Singh had planned to go to Nepal and meet an ISI agent to get a Pakistani passport in his name made and then escape to Germany.
The police chargesheet further reads that in 2007 Mintu went to lahore where he met Ranjeet Singh Nitta, chief of Khalistan Jindabad Force. Nitta later asked him to arrange for dynamite to attack Ram Rahim Singh. Mintu then went back to Mumbai and arranged for 120 kg dynamite, which was later allegedly used in the attack on Ram Rahim's Ashram in Haryana. Nitta also introduced Mintu to ISI agents.
Delhi police also stated in the chargesheet that he was also in touch with KlF terrorists living abroad and also traveled to many countries to develop his contacts with ISI and KlF terrorists.
In 2013, during his stay in Thailand, he was given training in the use of gunpowder and other explosive substances by an ISI colonel. Mintu also sent around half a dozen people to Pakistan where ISI agents gave them training.
The police have also mentioned in the chargesheet that they recovered pistols used in Nabha jail break from Haryana's Kaithal area at the instance of the accused.
After escaping from Nabha jail, Mintu along with his aide Kashmir Singh, stayed for a while in Kaithal, where they both had cut off each other's beard in a farm. The police have also recovered the beard from the said farm. The police will use this as a forensic evidence against them.
Mintu is presently lodged in Nabha jail and a production warrant has been issued against him to appear before a Delhi court.