1991 Kalyan blast convict, who jumped parole in 2007, held in Punjab

Ravinder Singh aka Bittu, who was convicted in the November 8, 1991 bomb explosion, which occured onboard a VT-Ambarnath local train, leading to the deaths of 12 people and injuring 65 others

Ravinder Singh aka Bittu, who was convicted in the November 8, 1991 bomb explosion, which occured onboard a VT-Ambarnath local train, leading to the deaths of 12 people and 65 injured.

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Sentenced to life imprisonment, which was to serve at Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, after being found guilty of planting the bomb inside the local, he was granted parole in 2007 but never returned to jail and has been absconding since.

A team of Phagwara Police in Punjab arrested Singh in Maheru village during an Independence Day security drill for possession of drugs. Upon interrogation, during which he initially named himself as Swaran Singh, Ravinder eventually confessed to actually living under a fake identity.

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