Babbar Khalsa militant Jagtar Singh Tara remanded in police custody in murder case

The prosecution sought two weeks’ police remand on the grounds that they had to thoroughly quiz Tara in connection with the Rulda Singh murder case to go into the whole conspiracy as Tara had allegedly imparted arms training to a main accused in the case while hiding in Pakistan.

However, Tara’s counsel denied the allegations. Later, the court sent Tara to a five day-police remand.

Rulda Singh, head of RSS-affiliated Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, was attacked on July 28, 2009 here. He was shot while he was closing the rear gate of his house after parking his vehicle, and, succumbed to his injuries on August 15, 2009 at PGIMER, Chandigarh.

A case was registered in police station Tripuri here in this regard.

37-year-old Tara had tunnelled his way out of high-security Burail prison in Chandigarh in 2004 and was since absconding. He travelled under various identities before being nabbed in Thailand on January 5 this year.

According to Thai authorities, Tara entered Thailand as Gurmeet Singh on Pakistan passport in October and was arrested in the eastern Province of Chon Buri living in the home of a Pakistani national who has also been taken into custody.

Interpol had issued a Red Corner Notice on the request of CBI soon after he escaped with two other dreaded militants.

A Thai court had ordered his extradition on January 7.