Man nabbed for sheltering Patiala jailbreak accused

Patiala, May 7

The CIA staff of the police has arrested another individual in connection with the Patiala central jail break case.

SSP Vikram Jeet Duggal today said Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Ranipur Kamboa village in Kapurthala district, was arrested by the CIA staff yesterday.

Gurmeet had given shelter to Inderjit Singh Dhyana, who was arrested earlier by the police. Duggal said prisoners Inderjit and Sher Singh, and detainee Jaspreet Singh, were accused of fleeing the jail and a case had been registered against them on April 28.

Duggal said Sher Singh was serving his sentence in a murder case. “Twelve cases under the NDPS Act, robbery, theft and others are registered against Inderjit in different police stations of Kapurthala, while Jaspreet faces charges of murder and use of mobile phone in jail,” he said. — TNS