GREAT NEWS, THE GREAT ESCAPE!!

[sukhbir]

TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES[ THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004 11:40:32 AM ]

CHANDIGARH: At least four prisoners, including three prisoners being tried

in the case relating to the assassination of former Punjab chief minister

Beant Singh, have escaped from a jail here by tunnelling their way out.

The prisoners, who bolted from Burail Jail on Wednesday night, include

Jagtar Singh Tara, Jagtar Singh Hawara, Paramjit Singh Pheora and Dev Singh.

The escape came to light Thursday at around 7 am when the terrorists were

not found in their cells.

The terrorists dug a tunnel from inside the jail, taking advantage of lax

security on a rainy and cold night, officials said. All four belonged to the

Babbar Khalsa outfit.

Police said a massive manhunt had been launched in the northern states to

track down the terrorists.

A red-faced Union Territory administration has so far refused to comment on

the jail break, saying that the matter is being investigated.

Top UT officials including Home Secretary, Inspector General of UT police,

Deputy Commissioner, SSP and a large posse of policemen have arrived at the

Burail Jail. The main entrance to the jail has been blocked to keep the

media and curious onlookers at bay.

Authorities said security forces in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal

Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir had been put on high alert.

The terrorists were being tried inside the high-security jail since 1995.

They were lodged in a special security cell, separated from other inmates.

Former chief minister Beant Singh , credited for the return of normalcy in

Punjab after a decade o

f Sikh militancy, was assassinated by a human bomb,

Dilawar Singh, at the Punjab civil secretariat complex on August 31, 1995.

The first charge in the case was filed on November 29, 1995 followed by a

second on December 18,1995. The CBI went on to file another chargesheet on

February 10, 1996. The final chargesheet was filed in November 1997.

Tara is among the two undertrials who had admitted involvement in the case.

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Beant Singh murder case accused escape from jail

Chandigarh, January 22

Four undertrials, including three accused in the Beant Singh assassination

case, escaped from the high security Burail jail in Chandigarh on Thursday,

jail sources said.

Those escaped included Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit

Singh, the three main accused in the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister

Beant Singh in 1995, sources said.

The fourth was an undertrial attached as a helper to the accused.

The four escaped by digging about a 100-foot-long tunnel from their barrack

inside the prison to a point outside the jail boundary, sources added.

Senior civil and police officials, including Chandigarh Deputy Commissioner

and District Magistrate Arun Kumar, who is also Inspector General of prison,

have reached the Burail jail.

The proceedings of the Beant Singh assassination case were being conducted

within the high security prison.

Senior Superintendent of police Gaurav Yadav while talking to PTI confirmed

the escape of the four prisoners and added at the moment no further details

could be given.

Beant Singh was assassinated in a human bomb blast out side the Punjab and

Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995. — PTI

:nihungsmile:

All readers include these chardikalla singhs in your ardass, may waheguru protect,shelter and guide them to safety and freedom.

Sukhbir Singh

[Pheena]

im sorry maybe u can inform me why was Beant Singh killed in the first place??

[simmal tree]

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

I am an uneducated fool so I don't know the history... but if these Singhs indeed helped to serve justice to Beanta the devil, then today is a very great day that Guru jee has freed them from the shackles of an unfair and unjust imprisonment.

I am very concerned - what is the situation of Prof. Bhai Davinderpal Singh?

please update me ...

vwihgurU jI kw Kwlsw!

vwihgurU jI kI &iqh!!

[mann_kaum_layee_qurbaan]

beant ram is the guy who hired kps gill to kill anyone who supported khalistan, supported the concept of declaring Amritsar a holy city, wanting revenge for Harmandir Sahib attack, supported BhindrawaLE, supported kharkoos, basically anybody who was free thinking. Beant Ram had tens of thousands of Sikh youth murdered by Punjab police to please his masters in Delhi who had him win Punjab elections without even receiving majority of the votes, he was a Congress party member, Akali Dal had boycotted elections that year. Beant Singh was blown to peices by the human bomb Dilawar Singh member of Babbar Khalsa. The singhs who escaped prison are heroes of our kaum and this truly is good news for the panth. May waaheguru protect these sewadars of the panth.

[>Bikramjit Singh<]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

A relative told me that when they heard about Beanta's death the whole village wanted to light candles to celebrate but it was only the fear of the police that stopped people lighting candles in all the villages of Punjab. After his death his burnt our remains were taken around the towns of Punjab so that people could 'pay their respects to him', no one bothered and all the cavalcade did was to create a stink in the main roads of Punjab which was still there days later !.

Anyway total respect to those brave Kharkoos !

GurFateh

Bikramjit

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Beant case accused flee

*Dig 94-foot-long tunnel from Burail Jail

*18 cameras fail to capture escape (HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

Sanjay Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 22

Three alleged assassins of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh escaped in the small hours of today from a high-security Burail Model Jail in their third suspected attempt digging a 94-foot-long tunnel that went beneath three walled security rings.

Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara, Paramjit Singh Beora and their cook and murder accused Dev Singh, lodged in the same cell number 7 of Munda Khana Barrack, were found missing from the jail this morning putting the Chandigarh Police and that of the neighbouring states on high alert. Dev Singh from Garhwal was lodged in the jail in connection with a murder in Sector 39 of the city.

“They dug up a 2.5-ft-wide, more than 94-ft-long tunnel beneath their cell, then the barrack, then 14 feet past the third security wall and possibly crawled a distance of around 50 feet when the electricity of the jail failed twice,” a source said. The tunnel had been covered in the cell by a back rest of the chair. At the exit in the fields it had been covered by a wooden board on which carrots had been grown.

It was the third attempt of the Beant Singh murder accused to escape from the jail. They allegedly tried to escape o

n July 7, 1998, and then in 2002. The police, however, could not prove the charge against them.

“The tunnel had been dug into the cemented platform which Hawara used as a bed. It had a diameter of around 2.5 ft and was 14 ft deep,” sources told The Tribune. The police and security agencies cordoned off the jail and did not allow mediapersons inside the jail.

The sources said it seemed the terrorists had been planning digging a tunnel for several years and started the actual work at least a year back.

The sources said the Beant Singh assassination accused had been putting up resistance against inspectors saying they were Amritdhari Sikhs and entry of others in the cell would defile the area.

Asked how the earth removed during the digging activity was hidden, the sources said they had been disposing of a small amount of it daily with water used in toilet, bathroom and kitchen. They were B-class prisoners who have these facilities.

The sources said the Beant Singh murder accused put up curtains on the almirahs in the cell and as many as 40 bags full of earth removed was found hidden behind them. As per the jail rules, the almirahs are left uncovered for the inspectors to know what is there in the room. The tunnel went beneath a road inside the jail and 9-ft-wide foundation of the wall, the sources said.

A weightlifting rod was found in the cell with one side of it having mud stuck to it indicating it might have been used to dig the tunnel.

Electricity in the jail failed twice in the night, the sources in the Electricity Department said. The generators of the jail also did not work during this period.

The sources said the foursome used to keep the water tap running round the clock so that sound during the digging activity could not be heard. This water was also used to soften the soil in the tunnel.

They had

turned turbans into ropes to go inside the tunnel during the digging activity. A bulb, a wire, possibly used in the tunnel during the night, was also found.

The source said their TV was on till 3 am yesterday adding the TV might have been used as a camouflage. The police said the information about their escape came to them at 8.15 am. Unconfirmed reports said the exit of the tunnel was noticed at around 7 am and then the jail authorities sought to find the three persons in the city before going to the police.

It is surprising their escape could not be caught by 18 cameras fitted in the jail. They crawled in the open for more than 50 ft before scaling a wall. The wall bears foot marks. Two T-shirts were lying there indicating they might have changed their clothes in the open.

The sources said the opening of the tunnel used to be covered by a back support of a chair and then with cushion and a bed sheet.

The night watchman of a gas agency godown, which is barely 15 ft away from the jail wall Nizammuddin, however, said he did not hear four of his dogs bark in the night nor did he hear any noise of a vehicle. (tuhadde kuttay we tuhadde ton tang aa chukke ney...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH)

He said it might have been because of the night-long drizzle which keeps the dogs inside.

Dry fruits, ghee and eatables were lying in the cell that had two television sets in the 15-ft-wide and 25-ft-long cell.

Rs 5-lakh award

Chandigarh, January 22

The Chandigarh Administration has announced an award of Rs 5 lakh for providing any information which leads to the arrest of Jagtar Singh Hawara, Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit Singh Beora. The identity of the informer will be kept a secret. — OC

Three top j

ail officials arrested

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 22

The Chandigarh Police today arrested Superintendent of Jail D. S. Rana, Deputy Superintendent of Jail D. S Sandhu and Assistant Superintendent of Jail J. S Rana along with four others for allegedly facilitating the escape of the alleged assassins of Beant Singh from Burail Jail.

“Deputy Superintendent of Jail D. S. Sandhu and Constables Chakkar Hawaldar Nishan Singh, Inder Singh, Kashmir Singh and Jagir Singh have been arrested on the basis of prima facie evidence of connivance,” Adviser to the Administrator, Lalit Kumar Sharma, told a Press conference in the presence of Home Secretary R.S. Gujral, IG Rajesh Kumar and SP (Operations) H.G.S. Dhaliwal here this evening.

Mr Sharma said the police and the administration have alerted security personnel to recapture those who escaped and had informed neighbouring states about their escape. Massive searches have been launched in the entire region, he said. He said the Administration was considering an inquiry into the whole episode to find out a wider conspiracy behind the jail break.

Mr Sharma, however, did not give details as to how each of the arrested persons from the jail helped the Beant Singh assassins escape. He also did not specify where searches were on saying these were “operational details.”

A case has been registered in this regard by the Chandigarh Police, he said. Mr Sharma said the suspected role of the jail staff was under investigation adding, “It was not possible to dig such a long tunnel without either connivance or negligence of the jail authorities.”

Home Secretary R.S. Gujral said it was also to be investigated as to how tonnes of earth was removed or disposed of.

The Chandigarh Administration officials did not divulge much details only saying the tunnel was 14-ft-deep and 94-ft long. Mr Sharma accepted “failure” on the part of the jail supervisory staff. The Adviser said lapse of around 40 persons coul

d have been there as the creation of tunnel might have taken “weeks.”

He said the police had recovered soiled pieces of clothes of the terrorists who might have changed after coming out from the tunnel.

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

100% guru kirpa, i had a bad day all day feeling like pooop really badly down in the mud, den i read of dis....changed my day 180 wow

[kaur_khalistani_lioness]

waheguru

waheguru ji ka khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh

oh...i have no words..

did u guys read todays hukumnama from Akal Thakat

~waheguru ~

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

and 2004 is still fresh