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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday facilitated the return of a jailbreak accused wanted by Punjab Police from Hong Kong. The Punjab Police was on the lookout for Ramanjit Singh for his involvement in the 2016 Nabha jailbreak.
“The Global Operations Centre of CBI has coordinated with the Punjab Police and Interpol National Central Bureau-Hong Kong for his return,” said an official.
It is alleged that Mr. Singh was involved in the jailbreak on November 27, 2016, in which terrorists escaped. The CBI had got a Red Notice issued against him on March 22, 2017, on the request of the State police. It was circulated to all the Interpol member countries and he was eventually traced to Hong Kong in 2018.
“A provisional arrest request was transmitted through the Interpol in 2018. Subsequently, an extradition request was forwarded by the Punjab Police,” the official said.
Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav announced on 'X' that Ramanjit Singh has been extradited to India.
"After tireless efforts by @PunjabPoliceInd, Romy, the key conspirator, is being brought back today to face justice. He was in touch with #ISI and other escaped prisoners, including Harminder Singh Mintu and Kashmir Singh Galwaddi of the Khalistan Liberation Force (#KLF)," he said in a post.
"Anti Gangster Task Force (#AGTF) Punjab is en route to bring Romy back. We thank the Hong Kong authorities, the CBI, Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs and all other central agencies as part of this international cooperation," he added.
"Our relentless pursuit of justice led to: 1. Issuance of Look Out Circular (LOC) & Red Corner Notice (RCN) 2. Extradition process initiated in 2018 under MLAT with Hong Kong government 3. Robust presentation to Hong Kong's Department of Justice and Hon'ble Courts," Mr. Yadav said.
On November 27, 2016, 16 criminals launched an attack on the prison and opened indiscriminate fire, managing to engineer the escape of six most-wanted criminals, including Harjinder Singh alias Vicky Gounder, Neeta Deol, Gurpreet Sekhon, Aman Dhotian and terrorists Harminder Mintoo and Kashmir Singh Galwaddi.