Amritsar (Punjab) [India], April 23 (ANI): After Khalistan sympathiser and ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh was arrested by Punjab Police, the daddy of the unconventional preacher Tarsem Singh stated Amritpal was working to avoid wasting folks from the drug menace within the State.
Amritpal was arrested by Punjab Police from Moga district in Punjab on Sunday morning and shifted to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
“By TV we got here to know that he surrendered earlier than the Police. We too wished the identical as a result of folks have been being harassed because of him. We’ll struggle the case. All the neighborhood ought to struggle it. He was working to avoid wasting folks from the drug menace; a suggestion has been made to us for it…” Amritpal’s father Tarsem Singh informed ANI.
Amritpal Singh’s mom Balwinder Kaur stated, “We noticed the information and got here to know that he has surrendered. I felt proud that he surrendered like a warrior…We’ll struggle a authorized battle and we may also go and meet him on the earliest.”
‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh has been shifted to Dibrugarh jail in Assam amid tight safety. He was arrested by police from Moga district in Punjab on Sunday early morning and was taken to Dibrugarh Airport through flight throughout the afternoon hours.
Since Amritpal was shifted to Dibrugarh jail, safety was stepped up forward of his arrival in Assam.
Hours after his arrest, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stated that motion will likely be taken in opposition to those that attempt to disrupt the nation’s regulation and order.
Amritpal was on the run since March 18, the day Punjab Police launched an enormous manhunt for him.
The Khalistan sympathiser and radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s different associates are additionally lodged at Dibrugarh jail.
Papalpreet Singh an in depth aide of the fugitive Khalistan chief was delivered to Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail on April 11 after he was arrested.
Earlier in March, pro-Khalistan supporters and associates of Amritpal Singh have been shifted out of Punjab after Central Intelligence businesses raised considerations over attainable jailbreak and repeat of the Ajnala incident.
Earlier on Sunday, the Punjab Inspector Basic of Police (IGP) stated that Nationwide Safety Act (NSA) warrants have been issued in opposition to Amritpal Singh and people warrants have been executed this morning.
“NSA warrants have been issued in opposition to Amritpal Singh and people warrants have been executed in the present day morning…Amritpal Singh has been arrested by Punjab Police round 6.45 am in the present day morning within the village Rode,” stated Sukhchain Singh Gill.
He stated that the Khalistan sympathiser and radical preacher was arrested in a joint operation by Punjab police and the intelligence wing.
“Amritpal Singh has been despatched to Dibrugarh, Assam and additional motion will likely be taken as per regulation and order within the case. A warning has been issued in opposition to these components making an attempt to jeopardise the peace and concord of the state,” he stated.
“…Amritpal Singh was arrested by Punjab Police at round 6.45 am in the present day morning in village Rode. A joint operation was performed by Amritsar Police and the Intelligence Wing of Punjab Police. He was situated in village Rode based mostly on operational inputs by Punjab Police. To keep up sanctity, the Police didn’t enter Gurudwara Sahib. He has been taken to Dibrugarh underneath NSA…”, the IGP stated.
Earlier, the unconventional chief had been declared a “fugitive” as he was on the run earlier in March.
The crackdown got here virtually over three weeks after Amritpal’s supporters stormed Ajnala police station in Amritsar on February 23, demanding the discharge of one in all his aides, Lovepreet Toofan. (ANI)
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