Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 12: Notorious gangster Royal Singh, who was arrested by Jammu Police from New Delhi, has been booked under stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) and has been lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal.
As per police sources, a PSA warrant was issued and the same was executed by a team from Police Station Bahu Fort led by SHO Inspector Nayat Ali under the supervision of SDPO East Syed Zaheer Abbas Jafari, SP South Deepak Digra and SSP Jammu Chandan Kohli.
“Around six cases of different nature stands registered against the notorious gangster”, sources said, adding that after the execution of the warrant, Royal Singh has been lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal here.
As reports, wanted in a series of extortion cases, a team from Police Station Peer Mitha led by SHO Inspector Zaheer Mushtaq arrested notorious gangster Royal Singh from New Delhi few days back and later his custody was taken by Police Station Bahu Fort in a case registered with them.
Royal Singh was arrested in Amandeep Murder case in 2009 and was operating a racket from inside the jail also. After his release on court orders, Royal Singh was arrested by Jammu Police following series of cases registered against him with different police stations.
On April 17, 2022, Gandhi Nagar police had taken custody of Royal Singh, who at that time was lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal and was undergoing imprisonment for lifeterm, in the firing case.
“Royal Singh, son of Manjeet Singh, a resident of Mohallah Dalpatian, Jammu was the main conspirator in the firing on contractor Choudhary Nagar Singh’s residence at Gandhi Nagar”, police said.
On April 3, 2021, an FIR was registered at Police Station Gandhi Nagar after some unknown persons opened fire on the residence of Nagar Singh.
In the firing, no one was injured. However, the main gate of the house and a car (HP38F-6187) suffered damages. Cartridges were also recovered from in and outside the residence of the contractor.
It is pertinent to mention that six persons identified as Ajay Singh, driver of Superintendent Central Jail Kot Bhawal namely Kuldeep Kumar, a resident of Tali Morh, Gurpreet Singh alias Honey, son of Baljeet Singh, a resident of Swaran Vihar Gole Gujaral, Deepak Kumar, son of Radhe Sham of New Plot, Surinder Kumar alias Babu, son of Ashok Kumar, a resident of Khour Salaria Ramgarh and Jasvir Singh alias Kaka, son of Gian Singh, a resident of Agra Chak RS Pura District Jammu were arrested in this case.
Later, all the accused were released on bail and on January 7, 2022, in the much publicised Amandeep Singh murder case, a three Judges Bench of Supreme Court granted bail to Royal Singh, who was undergoing life imprisonment.
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