Five held as Punjab jail conflict video goes viral
3 min readExpress News Service
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 5 jail division officers, together with the Superintendent of Central Jail, Goindwal Sahib, positioned in Tarn Taran district, for negligence and alleged connivance with jail inmates for a video for which seven jail officers have already been suspended.
In the video, which went viral on Sunday, Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Sachin Bhiwani and his associates are seen celebrating the homicide of Mandeep Singh alias Toofan and Manmohan Singh alias Mohna — gangsters related to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang who have been allegedly concerned within the homicide of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in a gang-war that occurred between the 2 teams within the jail premises on February 26.
The clip additionally confirmed the gangsters pointing to the our bodies mendacity on the ground with some on-duty cops close by. The 5 arrested officers have been recognized as Jail Superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar, Additional Jail Superintendent Vijay Kumar, Assistant Jail Superintendent Harish Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspectors Joginder Singh and Harchand Singh. The different two suspended jail officers are Additional Jail Superintendent Jaspal Singh Khaira and Head Constable Savinder Singh.
An FIR had been lodged below the Information Technology Act, Prisons Act and IPC sections in opposition to involved officers. The accused jail inmates will probably be introduced on manufacturing warrant for additional investigations, IGP (HQ) SS Gill mentioned. He mentioned that after the incident, the authorities had already segregated the accused and shifted them to totally different jails.
Gang struggle in Goindwal Sahib central jail on Feb 26
Five jail division officers, together with the Superintendent of Central Jail, Goindwal Sahib, have been arrested for a video wherein Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Sachin Bhiwani and his aides are seen celebrating the homicide of two gangsters, who have been concerned within the homicide of Sidhu Moosewala, in a conflict between the 2 teams within the jail on February 26.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 5 jail division officers, together with the Superintendent of Central Jail, Goindwal Sahib, positioned in Tarn Taran district, for negligence and alleged connivance with jail inmates for a video for which seven jail officers have already been suspended.
In the video, which went viral on Sunday, Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Sachin Bhiwani and his associates are seen celebrating the homicide of Mandeep Singh alias Toofan and Manmohan Singh alias Mohna — gangsters related to the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang who have been allegedly concerned within the homicide of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in a gang-war that occurred between the 2 teams within the jail premises on February 26.
The clip additionally confirmed the gangsters pointing to the our bodies mendacity on the ground with some on-duty cops close by. The 5 arrested officers have been recognized as Jail Superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar, Additional Jail Superintendent Vijay Kumar, Assistant Jail Superintendent Harish Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspectors Joginder Singh and Harchand Singh. The different two suspended jail officers are Additional Jail Superintendent Jaspal Singh Khaira and Head Constable Savinder Singh.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
An FIR had been lodged below the Information Technology Act, Prisons Act and IPC sections in opposition to involved officers. The accused jail inmates will probably be introduced on manufacturing warrant for additional investigations, IGP (HQ) SS Gill mentioned. He mentioned that after the incident, the authorities had already segregated the accused and shifted them to totally different jails.
Gang struggle in Goindwal Sahib central jail on Feb 26
Five jail division officers, together with the Superintendent of Central Jail, Goindwal Sahib, have been arrested for a video wherein Lawrence Bishnoi gang member Sachin Bhiwani and his aides are seen celebrating the homicide of two gangsters, who have been concerned within the homicide of Sidhu Moosewala, in a conflict between the 2 teams within the jail on February 26.
