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Chandigarh: In a significant operation launched on Saturday, the Punjab Police raided the convoy of touring Khalistan activist Amritpal Singh close to Jalandhar to arrest the self-styled Sikh preacher.
Sources mentioned the police have detained not less than half a dozen associates of Amritpal, together with these from their residences at varied locations in Punjab. Amritpal’s native village Jallu Kheda close to Amritsar has additionally been cordoned off by Punjab Police and Central forces.
Internet was additionally suspended in lots of components of the state until Sunday afternoon.
Amritpal was on his approach from Jalandhar to attend a spiritual operate along with his companions and was stopped at a police barricade at Mehatpur city on the Nakodar-Jagraon highway.
When the automobiles in his convoy weren’t allowed to proceed, the convoy overturned and Amritpal managed to flee in his automobile by means of the naka together with a couple of different automobiles in his convoy. Nonetheless, the two automobiles and the occupants had been caught by the police from close to Mehatpur market. Since then many police automobiles are following Amritpal.
Unverified movies uploaded by his supporters Facebook Amritpal is being requested by a co-traveller sitting in a automobile that he’s being chased by the police and his supporters to succeed in the frequent place in giant numbers.
It’s being informed that not less than 30 automobiles of Punjab Police are following Amritpal. Nonetheless, there isn’t a confirmed report on the newest standing of the police whether or not Amritpal has been detained or not.
In a Twitter message, the Punjab Police requested all individuals in Punjab to keep up peace and concord.
All residents are requested to keep up peace and concord
Punjab Police working to keep up legislation and order
Residents are requested to not panic or unfold faux information or hate speech pic.twitter.com/gMwxlOrov3
– Punjab Police India (@PunjabPoliceInd) March 18, 2023
On February 23, Amritpal, together with 1000’s of his supporters, laid siege to the Ajnala police station for the launch of certainly one of his comrades arrested in a case of kidnapping and assault.
Punjab police chief Gaurav Yadav had mentioned in a press convention after the incident that motion can be taken towards Amritpal. Police haven’t confirmed whether or not contemporary instances have been registered towards Amritpal and his males for Saturday’s crackdown.
After getting back from Dubai final 12 months to say the chairmanship of the group ‘Waris Punjab De’ following the demise of actor-turned-Khalistan activist Deep Sidhu in a automobile accident, Amritpal has courted a number of controversies.
Amritpal began its first section in December khalsa wahir (March) from the Akal Takht in Amritsar. Gross sales preacher is looking for creation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh state, for which he’s exhorting Sikh youth to surrender medication, arm themselves, get themselves baptized and observe Sikhism in its most orthodox kind .
(Edited by Tony Rae)
Learn additionally: Why radical activist Amritpal has irritated Sikh preachers, politicians and customary individuals