Punjab Director General of Police, Suresh Arora on Monday said Khalistan liberation Force (KlF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo, who had escaped from
Nabha jail in Punjab along with five other inmates and was arrested by Delhi Police, was in touch with terror groups in Pakistan.
“Mintoo was in touch with associates of terror groups in Pakistan,” Arora said.
The terrorist would be subject to “intensive interrogation” when he would be brought from Delhi, the
DGP said. “We will put him to intensive interrogation after we bring him to Punjab,” he added.
After the escape of the six rom Nabha High security jail, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had voiced apprehension that Pakistan could be behind the sensational Nabha jailbreak, saying the neighbouring country was “desperate to revive terrorism” after Indian army conducted the surgical strike across the loC.
“Pak desperate to revive terror post surgical strike. Could be behind jail break,” Sukhbir had tweeted.
Mintoo, who was wanted in ten terror offences, was arrested by Punjab Police after he was deported from Thailand in November 2014.
DGP further said that Parminder Singh Pinda would also be questioned when he would be brought to the State. Pinda was arrested from Kairana in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district by UP Police.
In the sensational jailbreak, Mintoo escaped along with five other prisoners after armed men in police uniform stormed Nabha prison in Patiala.