Dreaded KCF terrorist arrested

The accused in view of the increasing police pressure in 1991-92 escaped to Calcutta and started living there by changing his name and identity.

The Punjab DGP said that he belonged to village Bhagi Bander of this district and impersonated himself as Harbhajan Singh, son of Kukhtiar Singh, resident of Singhawala village in Moga district.

Initially, he stayed in Sant Kulia Gurdwara, Bhawanipur, Calcutta and he became the secretary of Sikh Youth Cultural Federation over there and later shifted to Gurdwara Sikh Sangat, Barrackpur and became the president of the gurdwara, the DGP informed.

Dogra said: “ His parents had declared him dead long back, but he was in constant touch with his father, Mukhtiar Singh. As a result, he evaded arrest for a long period.”

Relating the sequence of events, the DGP said that acting on a tip-off, a police party of Talwandi Sabo police station, was sent to Calcutta. The party after a search operation lasting for a few days nabbed the accused and rushed back to Bathinda. They produced him before a judicial magistrate in Talwandi Sabo and the magistrate remanded him to police custody for a week, Dogra remarked.

As Surinderpal had high connections with hardcore terrorists, he was expected to reveal facts about their hideouts , the DGP said. During his interrogation, the Punjab DGP said, "Illegal use of mobile phones". Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) P. C. Dogra today said that most of the law offenders were using mobile phones for their alleged nefarious activities.

“However, after I raised the issue of mobile phones, with the authorities concerned, the companies owning these businesses have started extending their cooperation,” he said.

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