Hong Kong court denies bail to Romi in robbery case
Nabha jailbreak mastermind Ramanjit Singh, alias Romi, was denied bail in Hong Kong on Friday in a multi-million dollar robbery.
Romi was detained in February by authorities. He is accused of stealing more than 450 million Japanese yen (USD 4 million) in cash from two persons at an address in Tsim Sha Tsui, in the bustling heart of Hong Kong, on February 9.
Romi, 29, arrived in a prison van escorted by around eight police motorbikes. He was denied bail by a magistrate who described the robbery as a “very serious offence” and said he was at risk of re-offending.
Romi is accused of masterminding the Nabha jail break in 2016 in which armed men disguised as policemen stormed a high-security jail in Punjab and freed a top militant commander and four others.
Romi was arrested in 2016 but fled the country after being granted bail. Hailing from Bathinda’s Bangi Kalan village, he had been residing at Kowloon, Hong Kong, from around the age of nine.
-PTC News
