Tribune News Service Amritsar March 12 The Amritsar police have arrested the third jail inmate who had escaped from high-security Amritsar Central Jail a year ago. Two of his accomplices were arrested earlier by the police. DCP (Investigations) Mukhwinder Singh Bhullar said Vishal Sharma of Majitha Road was lodged in the jail in connection with a rape case. He along with Jarnail Singh a resident of Hansawala village in Khadoor Sahib in Tarn Taran and his brother Gurpreet Singh had escaped from the prison on the intervening night of February1-2 2020. The incident had led to the suspension of several jail officials for the negligence. While Jarnail and Gurpreet were arrested within five days of the incident Vishal has been evading arrest since then. Investigations revealed that Vishal Sharma hid at a dera in Goindwal Sahib after the incident before fleeing to Delhi. He shifted to Ambala around four months ago. “He was living in Ambala by changing his identity as Rajwinder Singh where he was involved in selling of flower seedlings” said the DCP. He said recently the CIA staff led by Sukhwinder Singh Randhawa got a tip-off regarding his whereabouts which was developed further. Later he was nabbed from Ambala. He said all three would be brought together to crack the entire scene and find the involvement of jail officials if there is any. In the intervening night of February 1-2 2020 with the help of an iron rod they made a hole in the wall of their barrack by removing 10 bricks. Carrying blankets quilt cover and a hook they went unnoticed while walking up to half a km to reach a point near Tower No. 10 where they scaled the inner wall. The area was not under CCTV surveillance. They used a hook made of steel bar and a thin blanket and quilt covers to scale the outer wall which is around 21 feet height. Preliminary investigations had suggested no evidence of outside help.

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