37-year old Tara, who had tunelled his way out of high-security Burail prison in Chandigarh in 2004, remained absconding, travelling under various identities before being nabbed in Thailand on January 5 this year.
According to Thai authorities, Tara entered Thailand as Gurmeet Singh on Pakistan passport in October and was arrested in the eastern Province of Chon Buri living in the home of a Pakistani national who has also been taken into custody.
A Thai court had ordered his extradition on January 7.
The Thai authorities handed him over to the Punjab Police team led by Rajpura DSP Rajinder Singh Sohal which had reached Bangkok on January 13, a Punjab Police statement said in Chandigarh.
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Another three-member team headed by DSP Counter Intelligence Tejinderjit Singh Virk reached Bangkok on January 15, it said.
A third Punjab Police team headed by Patiala SP (Detective) Jaskaran Singh Teja has been deputed to bring Tara from Delhi airport to Patiala.