Amritpal Singh, about 30 years old, was a truck driver in Dubai. The ISI radicalized him with the help of Khalistan sympathizers based outside India to push Punjab back into the dark days of militancy.
New Delhi:
The plan to arrest Khalistan supporter and radical preacher Amritpal Singh was made a few days ago during Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah. People having direct knowledge of the matter said on the condition of anonymity that it was allegedly discussed in the meeting between the two on March 2. Sources said that Amritpal Singh is currently absconding from the Punjab Police. The police followed his convoy while going to Jalandhar, but he escaped. However, Daljit Singh Kalsi, who handled Amritpal Singh’s finance, has been arrested by the Punjab Police in Gurgaon, Haryana. Sources said that Amritpal Singh was last seen running away on a motorcycle. Let us tell you that Amritpal Singh roams with armed guards and his supporters call him “Bhindranwale 2.0”, referring to Khalistani separatist terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
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Reports say that the police are talking to his family to get him to surrender to avoid any law and order issues. Sources said, before the Punjab Police action as per the plan, the Center had sent additional forces to Punjab on Saturday. There was a plan to arrest the Khalistani leader after the G20 meeting ended in the state on Friday. Its indication was also received from the tweet of the Chief Minister of Punjab. The Punjab Chief Minister tweeted on March 2 that he met the Home Minister and both the state and the Center agreed to work together on the issue of law and order.
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Amritpal Singh is the head of “Waris Punjab De”. Actor and activist Deep Sidhu composed “Waris Punjab De”. It is a fundamentalist organization. Deep Sidhu died in a road accident in February last year. Amritpal Singh claims to be a follower of terrorist Bhindranwale and has given many controversial speeches in the last few months. He is married to Kirandeep Kaur, an NRI living in UK.
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Punjab Police is continuously searching for Amritpal Singh since Saturday. Although Amritpal Singh has not been arrested yet. Section 144 has been imposed in several districts of Punjab including Amritsar, Fazilka, Moga and Muktsar. The Punjab Police said in a statement on Saturday that 78 close aides of Khalistan supporter Amritpal Singh have been arrested. The police of seven districts have cordoned off the place where Amritpal is likely to be hiding. Amritpal Singh and his companions were surrounded by the police near Mahetpur village of Shahkot in Jalandhar.
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The police had advance information about Amritpal Singh’s arrival in Shahkot. That’s why the Moga police had already closed all the roads of Moga and Shahkot and put up a big naka. The police had earlier arrested six of his companions. The rest were arrested in the evening. Taking precaution, the administration had shut down the internet in many areas of Punjab from 12 o’clock on Friday night itself.
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Three cases have been registered against Amritpal Singh, head of pro-Khalistan organization ‘Waris Punjab De’, out of which two cases are in Ajnala police station of Amritsar district. Angered by the arrest of one of his close friends, Amritpal along with his supporters attacked the Ajnala police station on 23 February. There was a lot of criticism of the Punjab Police for not taking action on him in this case.
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Amritpal Singh got his worker released from the police station by staging a massive protest against the arrest of his key aide Lovepreet Singh. Amritpal Singh NDTV alleged that the police had registered a “false case” against his associate Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan Singh, so he and hundreds of “Waris Punjab De” supporters went to meet the police at Ajnala in Amritsar. Where Lovepreet Singh was kept. Amritpal Singh had told NDTV, “The media is misrepresenting the whole matter. A false First Information Report (FIR) was lodged against Lovepreet Singh. The police stopped our vehicles before lathi-charging.” Amritpal Singh had said that, “If the police had not lathicharged the people, the violence would not have happened.” He denied allegations that he used the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs, to avoid police action. Singh said, “Wherever we go, the palanquin of Guru Granth Sahib moves ahead.”
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Jalandhar Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal Said that Amritpal Singh, chief of Waris Punjab De, has been declared a fugitive. Two of his cars have been seized and his gunmen have been caught. The validity of their weapons is being investigated and a case has been registered. Pakistan’s intelligence agency behind sending Amritpal Singh back to India Is the brain of ISI, Whose aim is to revive terrorism once again in Punjab with the help of foreign Sikh separatists. The officials have said this. He told that Amritpal Singh, about 30 years old, was a truck driver in Dubai. The ISI radicalized him with the help of Khalistan sympathizers based outside India to push Punjab back into the dark days of militancy.
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