Nabha jailbreak: Khalistan leader Harminder Singh Mintoo freed by armed men

Ten armed men broke into Punjab's high security Nabha jail on Friday and freed Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) chief Harminder Singh Mintoo and four other inmates, according to media reports. 

According to media reports, the armed men were wearing police uniforms and they fired over 100 rounds of ammunition during the break in. The police is reportedly on the spot and a probe underway.

The dreaded militant Mintoo was arrested by Punjab police from Delhi's IGI airport on November 2014 when he was on his way back from Thailand.

The 47-year-old is wanted in 10 terror-related cases, including the 2008 attack on Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and the recovery of explosives at Halwara Air Force station in 2010.

Mintoo took over the KLF in 2009 after he had defected from Wadhawa Singh-led Babbar Khalsa International.

He is wanted for plotting killings of three Punjab Shiv Sena leaders. He also planted improvised explosive devices at Halwara Air Force station near Ludhiana in 2010.

The four other inmates – Gurpreet Singh, Vicky Gondra, Nitin Deol, and Vikramjeet Singh Vicky – who were freed are gangsters.

According to CNN News18, Vineet Joshi, advisor to the chief minister of the state, said that investigating agencies were working on the case. He added that the position was "sensitive".