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Major jailbreak in Punjab
Updated : Nov 27, 2016
Ten armed men raided the high security Nabha Jail in Punjab on Sunday morning, rained bullets at security guards, and managed to free Khalistan Liberation Force (KLO) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo and four others. The incident took place around 9 am and the attackers came in police uniforms. “They sprayed more than 100 rounds of ammunitions before our security guards could react to the situation,” police sources said.
"DG Jails has been suspended and Jail Superintendent and Deputy Jail Superintendent have been dismissed," Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who also holds the home portfolio, told reporters. The attack took place when the prisoners were brought out of their barracks for morning chores, jail sources said. Mintoo is an accused in 10 terror cases. He was arrested at the Delhi airport in 2014. Mintoo left Babbar Khalsa in 2009 to form KLF.