Six prisoners -- among them two militants -- escaped from Nabha jail on Sunday in a daring prison break in which a dozen suspected gangsters dressed in police uniforms attacked the high-security Nabha Jail in Punjab's Patiala district.
Some armed gangsters attacked the jail guard, broke into the prison and set six people -- Khalistan Liberation Front chief Harminder Singh 'Mintoo'; another militant, Amanpreet Tonda; gangsters Vicky Gounder, Gurpreet Sekhon, Neetu Deol and Vikramjeet Bittu -- free as they fired indiscriminately before escaping.
Here's a background of some of those who escaped.
Harminder Singh 'Mintoo'
Punjab police arrested Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh 'Mintoo' and his key aide Gurpreet singh alias Gopi at the New Delhi airport with central agencies' assistance in November 2014. He was suspected to have been involved in 10 cases of militancy at the time of his arrest.
Harjinder Singh Bhullar alias Vicky Gounder
Originally from Sarawan Bodla village in Lambi assembly segment, Gondar is prime suspect in the murder of gangster Sukha Kahlwan and was arrested in December 2015. He was moved to Nabha jail after a clash with a rival gang in Ropar jail. Gondar is suspected of having been involved in another murder case by Jalandhar Commissionerate in 2010. His gang -- gangster Gurshahid Singh alias Shera Khubban's group -- is primarily involved in highway robberies and murders. Gurshahid Singh was killed in a police encounter in Bathinda in 2012.
Gurpreet Singh Sekhon alias Sonu Mudki
Sekhon belongs to a family of brick-kiln owners from Mudki village. Gupreet was accused of having been an accomplice in a murder during the 2012 Assembly elections, although gangster Shera Khubban was the prime suspect in the case. At the time of his arrest on March 4, 2015, Sekhon faced 13 criminal cases in Ferozepur, Faridkot, Moga, Bathinda and Chandigarh.
Kulpreet Singh alias Neeta Deol
Neeta, a Dubai-based NRI, runs a transport business. He is son of a former deputy director of animal husbandry department and is originally from Moga district. He is the prime suspect in the murder of Sukha Kahlwan and was arrested from Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji International Airport, Amritsar, on April 22, 2015. At the time of his arrest, he was sought for six criminal cases.
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