The 1993 Delhi bomb blast case convict Prof. Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar was on Friday shifted to Amritsar Central Jail from Delhi’s Tihar Jail after being brought by road from the national capital amidst tight police security.
“He went in an ambulance at around 4 am and was escorted by teams of armed Delhi police,” a senior Tihar jail official said, adding he was taken by road to Amritsar under heavy security cover.
Bhullar first underwent thorough medical check-up at Swami Dayanand Hospital in Delhi’s Shahdara city on Thursday before being brought to Punjab.
Amritsar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Parmpal confirmed the arrival of Bhullar.
On reaching Amritsar Central Jail, he was immediately referred to Government Guru Nanak Dev Hospital to undergo fresh medical examination besides check-up at the hospitals’ Psychiatric ward, the DCP said, adding that by evening he could be taken to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital.
All formalities regarding his transfer were completed after Delhi government approved the case and the Punjab government agreed to lodge Bhullar in Amritsar prison.
All necessary arrangements in the jail and civil hospital were finalised for Bhullar. He is scheduled to be lodged in a barrack that would be cordoned off by special jail staff as assistant superintendent of jail has been given responsibility to oversee the arrangements, the DCP said. - PTI
