Nepal on Monday put fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who’s believed to be hiding within the nation, on its surveillance checklist after India requested it to not permit him to flee to a 3rd nation and arrest him if he makes an attempt to flee utilizing an Indian passport or another faux passport.
The division of immigration has put Amritpal on its surveillance checklist following a request from the Indian embassy right here, officers mentioned.
“We’ve got acquired a written be aware together with a duplicate of his passport from the (Indian) embassy suspecting that Amritpal Singh may need entered Nepal,” mentioned Kamal Prasad Pandey, the data officer on the division.
“The Indian embassy has despatched the be aware asking the division to place Amritpal, a member of a separatist group, on the surveillance checklist,” Pandey mentioned. It was suspected that he had entered Nepal and was hiding someplace round.
There was no speedy affirmation concerning the letter from the Indian mission right here.
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Earlier, the Kathmandu Put up newspaper reported that in a letter despatched to the division of consular companies on Saturday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the federal government companies to arrest Amritpal if he tries to flee from Nepal.
“Singh is presently hiding in Nepal,” the paper mentioned, citing a duplicate of the letter obtained by it.
“The esteemed ministry is requested to tell the division of immigration to not allow Amritpal Singh to journey by Nepal for any third nation and arrest him if he makes an attempt to flee from Nepal utilizing Indian Passport or another faux passport underneath intimation to this mission,” it mentioned.
The letter and Amritpal’s private particulars have been circulated to all of the involved companies from inns to airways, the paper mentioned, citing a number of sources.
Amritpal, who is alleged to be possessing a number of passports with completely different identities, has been on the run since March 18 when the police launched a crackdown towards him.
The elusive preacher gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.
In the meantime, the Union house ministry has directed all safety companies to be on excessive alert within the Nepal-India border space.
Citing ministry sources, My Republica newspaper mentioned that the instruction was given on the request of Indian safety officers and the Nepal-India border space has been stored on ‘excessive alert’ for 2 days.
Quoting sources, the report mentioned the police in plain garments have stepped up vigilance within the border space as Amritpal may enter the nation from Kapilvastu in Western Nepal.