03-21-2006, 12:07 AM
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BIG CATCH: Paramjeet Singh Bheora (left), head of operations of Babbar Khalsa International in India, along with his accomplices in police custody on Monday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA
NEW DELHI: Paramjeet Singh Bheora, alleged head of operations of Babbar Khalsa International in India, and two of his accomplices who were planning to set up base here in the Capital have been arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi police. According to the police, a huge quantity of arms and ammunition has been recovered from them.
Paramjeet was allegedly involved in the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995. He was in touch with Harjeet Singh Gill, Babbar Khalsa chief in the U.S., who too is wanted in the same case. Paramjeet had taken over control of Babbar Khalsa in India after its previous chief Jagtar Singh Hawara was arrested by the Delhi police last year. At least three Babbar Khala militants, including Hawara, had made a sensational escape from Burail Jail in Chandigarh in 2004. They were arrested last year following twin blasts inside cinema halls in the Capital in May 2005.
BIG CATCH: Paramjeet Singh Bheora (left), head of operations of Babbar Khalsa International in India, along with his accomplices in police custody on Monday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA
NEW DELHI: Paramjeet Singh Bheora, alleged head of operations of Babbar Khalsa International in India, and two of his accomplices who were planning to set up base here in the Capital have been arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi police. According to the police, a huge quantity of arms and ammunition has been recovered from them.
Paramjeet was allegedly involved in the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995. He was in touch with Harjeet Singh Gill, Babbar Khalsa chief in the U.S., who too is wanted in the same case. Paramjeet had taken over control of Babbar Khalsa in India after its previous chief Jagtar Singh Hawara was arrested by the Delhi police last year. At least three Babbar Khala militants, including Hawara, had made a sensational escape from Burail Jail in Chandigarh in 2004. They were arrested last year following twin blasts inside cinema halls in the Capital in May 2005.