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Prisoner threatens to kill Punjab CM in video uploaded on Facebook

Prisoner threatens to kill Punjab CM in video uploaded on Facebook

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh. File photo

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 28

Notwithstanding a crackdown on mobile phones in jails, an inmate of Faridkot jail has uploaded a video on Facebook threatening to kill Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh besides senior police officers.A government spokesperson said an inquiry has established that the inmate identified as Gobind, an under-trial in several criminal cases, including murder, had uploaded the video from within the jail premises.A Samsung phone has been recovered from him.The video was uploaded yesterday but was noticed today. Another inmate, Kuldeep Singh, would also be booked.Gobind Singh, age 30/32 years, of village Bheni of Bathinda district had been living at Jaito in a rented house for the past 15 years.