Top Khalistan Tiger Force terrorist arrested

A top Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) terrorist, wanted for 2010 Patiala blast and the murder of the head of a RSS-affiliated Sikh cultural outfit, was arrested today by Punjab Police in Chennai after he was deported by Malaysian authorities.
In the search of Ramandeep Singh alias Goldy, who was hiding in Thailand, a a two-member police team had camped in the country for three weeks in September-October.
However, Ramandeep had escaped to Malaysia, according to a release issued by Punjab Police today.
Later, Malaysian authorities were contacted by the Punjab Police and Central agencies, and Ramandeep was deported to Chennai this morning.

Punjab Police arrested the terrorist and brought him to Patiala today.
He will soon be produced before the concerned court.

The arrest of Ramandeep comes close on the heels of the arrest of Rattandeep Singh, the chief of Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan (BTFK) and former top associate of Paramjit Singh Panjwar and Wadhawa Singh from Gorakhpur, UP on September 17, 2014, the release further said.
The Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police has started tracking wanted terrorists who are staying abroad and in this process, intelligence leads about the whereabouts of Ramandeep were received, developed and shared with the Central agencies.

Rulda Singh, head of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat, a wing of the RSS, was shot at on July 28, 2009. He later succumbed to the injuries.
"Two UK-based persons Gursharan Singh and Piara Singh were assigned the task of shooters who had to kill Rulda while recce and masterminding in India was done by Ramandeep with his associates Darshan Singh and Jagmohan Singh," the statement said.
Later, Ramandeep escaped to Nepal.
During his stay in Nepal, Ramandeep developed association with Pakistan-trained terrorist Harminder Singh alias Raj in March/April 2010 and the duo roped in Jaswinder Singh, Gurjant Singh and Manjinder Singh to raise a terrorist module which was responsible for two bomb blasts in Patiala and Ambala.

The Patiala blast took place on April 20, 2010. Paramjit Singh alias Pamma remained the mentor of Ramandeep and the link to the Pak-based KTF chief Jagtar Singh Tara.