Dibrugarh, An eight-member crew of the Punjab Police would escort jailed ‘Waris Punjab De’ activist Amritpal Singh to New Delhi for his swearing-in as an MP, an official stated.
Singh, who has received the Lok Sabha polls from the Khadoor Sahib constituency in Punjab, has been granted four-day parole for the swearing-in.
The police crew, led by a Senior Superintendent of Police -rank official, arrived right here on Thursday afternoon and is scheduled to escort Singh, lodged in Dibrugarh Central Jail, to New Delhi in a particular flight amid tight safety for the swearing-in on Friday.
Singh’s lawyer Rajdev Singh Khalsa stated he could be taken to Delhi aboard a “navy plane” for the swearing-in.
Singh’s parole orders are stringent, prohibiting him or his family members from making any public statements throughout his go to to New Delhi.
Furthermore, any type of media protection, together with videography or circulation of statements, is strictly prohibited.
As well as, Singh has been instructed to not have interaction in any actions that may compromise nationwide safety.
The deployment of safety personnel throughout his short-term launch and presence in Delhi might be overseen by the SSP, Amritsar .
His mother and father, Tarsem Singh and Balwinder Kaur, and his spouse Kirandeep Kaur, met the jailed activist in Dibrugarh Central jail final month after his ballot win.
Amritpal received the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat by 1,97,120 votes as an Impartial candidate by defeating Congress’s Kulbir Singh Zira, whereas A’s Laljit Singh Bhullar got here third.
The jailed activist polled 4,04,430, whereas Zira received 2,07,310 votes and Bhullar 1,94,836 votes.
Ten members of the outfit, together with Amritpal and certainly one of his uncles, have been lodged in jail since final 12 months after they had been arrested beneath the Nationwide Safety Act from totally different components of Punjab following a crackdown on the outfit.