Haryana STF nabs 2 Pak youths who fled Jammu juvenile home; hunt on for third fugitive

AMBALA/JAMMU: Two Pakistan nationals who fled from a juvenile observation home in Jammu’s RS Pura area Monday were arrested 400km away at Ambala Cantonment railway station by Haryana STF.

Mohammad Sana-Ullah, 20, of Jaatala village in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab, Pakistan, and 23-year-old Ahsan Anwar of Mohalla Rashid Park, Buchike village in Nankana Sahib district of Punjab, Pakistan, were handed over to Jammu & Kashmir Police on Tuesday evening, less than 24 hours after their escape.

They had broken out of the juvenile home along with a local gangster, Karanjit Singh alias Gugga, who shot at and injured two cops with an illegal pistol. Six policemen deployed at the home, including an ASI, have been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty. They face a departmental probe. Search for Gugga is underway.

“Shortly after the breakout, alert was sounded in Jammu region and messages were transmitted to neighbouring states,” said a police officer in Jammu. Ambala STF DSP Aman said they received “specific intelligence” about the three fugitives and tightened security and vigil.

“After fleeing Jammu, Karanjit (Gugga) and the two Pakistanis went to his associate, Thakur, and all four of them travelled to Ambala by bus. They had also snatched a two-wheeler on the way. After reaching Ambala, they split up. Karanjit and Thakur went off elsewhere while Sana-Ullah and Anwar were nabbed at Ambala Cantonment railway station,” he added.

The DSP said the Pakistani duo planned to enter Nepal via Uttar Pradesh and flee the country.

The two injured policemen are in hospital. Officials sources said a fresh FIR under BNS sections 109 (attempted murder), 132 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty), and Arms Act had been registered against the trio.

Sources said Anwar, then 16, had crossed over into India in Oct 2019 while playing ‘hide and seek’ and had been in detention since then despite facing a trial and getting a release order on June 30, 2021. Sana-Ullah was captured in 2021 after crossing over illegally.

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