Sangrur: Sikh militant Manpreet Singh, who fled to New Zealand in May 1999 while on bail, has been arrested at Delhi airport, Punjab police said on Sunday.
Manpreet, who was a member of All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) in 1987 when he was booked under TADA, was arrested on Saturday following a tip off soon after he landed at the airport in the national capital on a flight from Sydney, they said. Police brought him to Sangrur and produced him in a local court, which remanded him in police custody for a day. Sangrur SHO Harinder Singh said Mapreed was booked under TADA for alleged seditious activities and masterminding jail break along with other militants in high security Sangrur prison.
25/03/13 PTI/Times of India
