Convoy Ambushed; Sikh Extremist Freed
A dozen gunmen ambushed a police convoy Monday and freed a suspected Sikh extremist charged with directing a massacre of 14 bus passengers last year, a police spokesman said.
The spokesman said the gunmen, armed with automatic weapons, intercepted a heavy police guard transporting Harjinder Singh Jinda to a jail in northwestern Punjab. The gunmen forced the police to release the suspect, they said.
Jinda was arrested six months ago and charged as a prime suspect in the massacre of the mostly Hindu bus passengers on an isolated rural road near Muktsar.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
