Accusing the Badal government of “complicity” in the sensational Nabha jailbreak, Punjab Congress’ president Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday said that it has exposed a “complete breakdown of law and order” and triggered fears of revival of terrorism in the state ahead of the Assembly polls.
Captain Amarinder Singh charged the Badal government with connivance in the Nabha jailbreak, saying the Khalistani terrorist and other dreaded gangsters had been deliberately freed from prison for use by the Akalis during the sssembly elections.
The “shocking manner” in which the gangsters walked into the high-security jail and freed a dreaded Khalistani terrorist, along with four others, clearly showed complicity at the highest levels, he said.
“The law and order situation in the state has deteriorated to unprecedented levels under the Badal regime, especially in the run-up to the assembly polls,” said Capt Amarinder while talking to reporters during the second day of second phase of his roadshow.
The rescue of the Khalistan liberation Force (KlF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo clearly suggested an active effort from across the border to revive terrorism in Punjab, he alleged while expressing fears of terror attacks and other violent incidents in the state ahead of the polls.
“The gangsters seemed to have driven fearlessly to the prison, entered in police fatigues and escaped with Mintoo and the others, all hard-core gangsters, without being stopped, clearly indicating that it was a pre-planned assault managed with the complicity of the highest authorities,” he said.
He accused the Badal Government of playing into the hands of the enemies of the nation and allowing the situation to come to such a pass where terrorists could walk out of high-security prisons so effortlessly.
The former Chief Minister demanded beefing up of security across the state to prevent recurrence of such incidents and strong measures to catch Mintoo and the others gangsters.