Chandigarh/Jalandhar : Two weeks after he gave police the slip, pro-Khalistan chief Amritpal Singh continues to dodge the cops at the same time as senior officers declare that they’re near nabbing the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief.
Amritpal escaped on March 18 from Mehatpur city of Jalandhar district after police launched a crackdown towards him and his supporters.
Even after finding Amritpal at Marnaian Kalan village of Hoshiarpur district on March 28 from the place he managed to dodge the police get together chasing him, cops are clueless about his whereabouts.
It’s learnt that within the wee hours of Saturday, police performed a search at a secluded sugar mill in Dasuya in Hoshiarpur and different locations in Garhshankar however returned empty handed.
Police imagine that Amritpal and his aide Papalpreet, who can be on the run, may be hiding in one of many Sikh deras within the Doaba area of the state.
In the meantime, questions are being raised why the counter-intelligence wing group chasing Amritpal at Marnaian Kalan village didn’t inform the district police. “District police was requested to nab Amritpal round one hour after he fled from a gurdwara close to Marnaian Kalan on March 28. A car of the counter-intelligence wing reached the gurdwara 10 minutes after the novel chief had fled together with Papalpreet and three others,” a police official of Hoshiarpur district mentioned.
Questions are additionally being raised over planning of the police in nabbing Amritpal at Mehatpur city of Jalandhar district on March 18 from the place he managed to present police the slip and reached Shahbad of Kurukshetra of Haryana on March 20.
Since then, the Punjab Police have performed a number of raids on deras located in Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts however with none success.
A senior police official concerned within the probe mentioned they’re hopeful that they are going to nab Amritpal quickly, particularly after he launched two movies and an audio clip.
“Amritpal has appeared on social media in just a few movies and if he continues to take action, he’s almost definitely to depart some clue about his whereabouts,” an official aware about the investigation mentioned.
“We’re on our toes for the previous two weeks. One of many deras in Jalandhar lied to the investigators about Amritpal’s one-day keep there when he returned to Punjab on March 28. We are going to take motion towards the dera administration,” mentioned an official.
From the course of investigation in previous two weeks, it seems that the police efficiently managed to comply with Amritpal and Papalpreet until March 21 earlier than they misplaced observe of his motion. After six days, police tracked the novel chief’s location to Punjab following which a large operation was launched once more, mentioned an official.
The police now have a much bigger problem as each Amritpal and Papalpreet have separated and are now not travelling collectively.
DIG Jalandhar vary Swapan Sharma mentioned the investigation continues to be on. “We’re finishing up searches in numerous elements of the state and are hopeful of constructive outcomes,” he mentioned.