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PATIALA: The Patiala police arrested Jerman Singh (24), the kingpin of the pro-Khalistan radical outfit allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate Punjab politicians, including former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his family. The team included SHO Beechwal, Bhawani Singh and SHO, Kolayat Jagdish Singh who went along with commandos and armed policemen.” Shiminder Singh, Patiala police crime investigating agency in-charge, who led the operation, said they left for Bikaner on Thursday morning following a vital clue that revealed the exact location of Jerman. He was arrested from a gurdwara in Kolayat town of Rajasthan’s Bikaner district on Thursday.The arrest comes three days after Shamli police in Uttar Pradesh had arrested three people belonging to Khalistan Liberation Front. Following the revelations, the UP police had handed over the investigations to the anti-terror squad.The joint police team tracked down Jerman to Nayagaon village in Bikaner following intelligence gathered by Patiala police and shared inputs from the central intelligence agencies..