CHANDIGARH – With an undertaking that wanted militant Paramjit Singh alias Pamma will not be hanged, the Ministry of External Affairs has given a clearance to the Punjab Police, whose team departed for Portugal from New Delhi to escort Pamma back to India.
Senior Punjab Police officials said the undertaking was necessary as per the international rules of the Extradition Treaty. The police team will be headed by DIG Patiala Balkar Sidhu.
The other team members are SP Mohali Ashish Kapoor; DSP Rajpura Rajinder Sohal; and Patiala CIA incharge Bikramjit Brar.
Pamma, wanted as a conspirator in the 2009 murder case of Rashtriya Sikh Sangat chief Rulda Singh, was arrested by the Portugal Police in December last year. The police had responded to an Interpol alert about him.
The Punjab Police team was awaiting clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs.
