Unauthorized activities detected in Dibrugarh Jail's NSA cell; investigation underway

The highly secured Dibrugarh jail where several NSA detainees are there, unauthorized activities were detected in the NSA cell at Dibrugarh Jail, Assam.

Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh and several of his aides are lodged in Dibrugarh jail.

Search operation led to the recovery of numerous unauthorized items, and the source of these items is currently under investigation.


Upon receiving information about these activities, additional CCTV cameras were installed in the public area of the NSA Block.

Assam director General of police, GP Singh stated in X, "Reference NSA detenues at Dibrugarh Jail, Assam - On receipt of Information about unauthorised activities taking place in NSA cell, additional CCTV cameras were installed in public area of NSA Block. Inputs received confirmed unauthorised activities, based on which Jail staff searched the premise of NSA Cell early this morning, leading to recovery of smartphone with SIM, keypad phone, TV remote with keyboard, spy-cam pen, pen drives, Bluetooth headphone & speakers and smart watch which were lawfully seized by Jail staff. Source of these unauthorised articles and mode of induction is being ascertained. Further lawful action is being taken and steps being taken to prevent recurrence."

Last year Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla were lodged at Dibrugarh Central Jail.
In April last year fugitive 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh was brought to Dibrugarh Central jail. On April 19, a five member team of Advisory board under NSA arrived at Dibrugarh from Punjab and met the detainees of 'Waris Punjab De'.