Faridkot minor abduction and rape convict Nishan Singh Brar, who was sentenced to life and lodged in the central jail here, has been shifted to a borstal school in Ludhiana.
Under the provisions of the Juvenile Act 1926, if a prisoner is less than 21 years of age, he is entitled to be sent to a borstal school, Superintendent of Faridkot Central Jail J P Singh said today.
Borstal school is a place where criminal offenders are given industrial training and reformed.
Another reason behind the shift, according to official sources, is that jail authorities apprehend that the convict may be attacked in the jail here.
A local court on Monday sentenced Nishan Singh, 19, who was the main accused in the abduction and rape of a 15-year-old girl, to life imprisonment.
The court also awarded seven years imprisonment to nine others, including Nishan Singh's mother in the same case.
The girl was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from her residence on September 24 last year by Nishan Singh and his accomplices.
The police had initially claimed that the girl had eloped willingly with the accused but after facing flak from all quarters, it traced the girl in Goa in October last year.
The girl, who was a Class X student, initially refused to undergo medical examination but later agreed, and it was found that she was four months pregnant.
On the directions of the court, the pregnancy of the girl was later terminated.
