21 Amritpal supporters making an attempt to stage dharna taken into police custody in Ludhiana
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LUDHIANA: At least 21 supporters of radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh had been taken into custody as they tried to stage a ‘dharna’ on a highway right here to protest the police crackdown towards him, officers mentioned on Sunday.
They had been apprehended close to Boparai Klan city right here.
The Punjab authorities on Saturday launched a serious crackdown towards Amritpal, with police arresting 78 members of an outfit headed by him.
The elusive preacher himself, nonetheless, gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted within the Jalandhar district.
As the operation went underway, authorities stepped up safety at a number of locations and suspended web and SMS companies within the state.
The manhunt was nonetheless on and Amritpal has been declared a fugitive.
Also, the suspension of cell web and SMS companies in Punjab have been prolonged until Monday midday Inspector General of Police (Ludhiana vary) Kaustabh Sharma mentioned police didn’t enable them to carry the ‘dharna’ and had been taken into custody.
Flag marches had been taken out in Nawanshahr, Dakha and Sidhwan in Ludhiana, police mentioned, including, “There is full peace.
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LUDHIANA: At least 21 supporters of radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh had been taken into custody as they tried to stage a ‘dharna’ on a highway right here to protest the police crackdown towards him, officers mentioned on Sunday.
They had been apprehended close to Boparai Klan city right here.
The Punjab authorities on Saturday launched a serious crackdown towards Amritpal, with police arresting 78 members of an outfit headed by him.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The elusive preacher himself, nonetheless, gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted within the Jalandhar district.
As the operation went underway, authorities stepped up safety at a number of locations and suspended web and SMS companies within the state.
The manhunt was nonetheless on and Amritpal has been declared a fugitive.
Also, the suspension of cell web and SMS companies in Punjab have been prolonged until Monday midday Inspector General of Police (Ludhiana vary) Kaustabh Sharma mentioned police didn’t enable them to carry the ‘dharna’ and had been taken into custody.
Flag marches had been taken out in Nawanshahr, Dakha and Sidhwan in Ludhiana, police mentioned, including, “There is full peace.
INTERVIEW | An armed wrestle is all the time the final choice, whether it is imposed on us: Amritpal Singh
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