"Anandpal Singh will be kept safe in jail," Kataria said when asked about a letter by the criminal's counsel to High Court authorities stating that Singh wants to surrender but fears encounter.
Singh along with two others had escapedfrom police custody in September last year while they were being taken back to Ajmer prison from a court in Parbatsar in Nagaur.
Anand Pal Singh is the head of an infamous gang that is charged in multiple cases of robbery and extortion in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.