Chandigarh : Five activists allegedly belonging to a right-wing outfit today assaulted Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for assassinating former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, in the district court premises here.
Hawara and another terrorist Paramjt Singh Bheora were brought here from Tihar Jail for their production in the Burail jailbreak case.
"After the hearing, as Hawara was moving in the court complex, five persons allegedly belonging to Rashtriya Hindu Seva Suraksha Samiti slapped him following which the terrorist also retaliated," ACP Deshraj Singh said here.
"Immediately, police intervened and arrested five persons, including convenor of the organisation Nishant Sharma," he said. The alleged right-wing activists raised slogans before assaulting Hawara.
Hawara and Bheora are lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with the 2005 Delhi twin blasts case, Twin blasts at cinema theatres in west Delhi had killed one and injured nearly 50 people.
They were brought here under tight security.
Hawara, Bheora and their accomplice Jagtar Singh Tara along with another murder convict Devi Singh had made a sensational escape from Burail Jail in January 2004 by digging a 104-foot long tunnel.
While Hawara and Bheora were arrested, Tara and Devi Singh are absconding.
Hawara and another terrorist Paramjt Singh Bheora were brought here from Tihar Jail for their production in the Burail jailbreak case.
"After the hearing, as Hawara was moving in the court complex, five persons allegedly belonging to Rashtriya Hindu Seva Suraksha Samiti slapped him following which the terrorist also retaliated," ACP Deshraj Singh said here.
Hawara and Bheora are lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with the 2005 Delhi twin blasts case, Twin blasts at cinema theatres in west Delhi had killed one and injured nearly 50 people.
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Hawara, Bheora and their accomplice Jagtar Singh Tara along with another murder convict Devi Singh had made a sensational escape from Burail Jail in January 2004 by digging a 104-foot long tunnel.
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