Acting on an input provided by the Intelligence Wing, Punjab, Patiala Police arrested Inderjit Singh Sandhu s/o Gurdev Singh Sandhu r/o Village Sangatpur, Distt. Tarantarn in FIR No. 57/2017 dated 23.10.2017 u/s 392,382,384,506,148,149, 120-B IPC and 18,22,29,61,85 NDPS Act. and 25 Arms Act. at PS Sadar Rajpura. A Look Out Circular (LOC) notice had been issued by the Patiala Police against the accused. It is pertinent to mention that the accused have travelled from Jordan to New Delhi on the fake Passport of Gurjant Singh. The accused was arrested in case FIR No. 503/17 dated 13.12.2017 u/s 419,420 IPC and 12 PP Act. at PS Indira Gandhi International Airport, Terminal-3, New Delhi.
Inderjit Singh Sandhu is one of the closest associates/accomplices of notorious gangsters of Punjab, namely Harjinder Singh @Vicky Gonder, Prema Lohoria , Kulpreet Singh @Neeta Deol etc. involved in the Nabha Jail Break Case. The accused was one of the masterminds of the Nabha Jail break Case and was instrumental in providing logistical support, managing finances and providing hideouts to the gangsters involved in the Nabha Jail break Case. Inderjit Singh Sandhu is involved in number of heinous crimes (extortion, drugs, gunrunning etc.) registered across the State of Punjab. The accused was handling some Facebook Profiles of notorious gangsters Harjinder Singh @Vicky Gonder and Shera Khuban Group and had been repeatedly using this platform for issuing threats/statements on the behalf of the aforementioned gangsters. In a video post dated 03.08.2017, he issued death threats to Vishal Kumar @Jaggi Ropar r/o Himachal Pardesh and Amrit Bal on behalf of notorious gangster Harjinder Singh @Vicky Gonder. In addition, on several occasions in the past the accused had travelled on fake Passports from India to various destinations abroad and vice versa.
Inderjit Singh Sandhu, has been remanded to 03 day Police custody. The custodial interrogation of the accused is likely to throw significant light on the Nabha Jail break Case conspiracy and other heinous crimes committed in the State.
