Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh surrenders to Punjab police: Sources

Amritpal Singh is being shifted to Assam's Dibrugarh, the place eight of his aides are already being held beneath the National Security Act.

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run since March 18, surrendered sooner than the Punjab police on Sunday, based mostly on critiques. 

Amritpal Singh is being shifted to Assam’s Dibrugarh, the place eight of his aides are already being held beneath the National Security Act.

‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh arrested by Punjab Police from Moga district of Punjab: Sources

Amritpal Singh was on the run since March 18. pic.twitter.com/ks9IOJIWIc

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Amritpal Singh surrendered three days after his partner Kirandeep Kaur was held for questioning on the Amritsar airport whereas she was attempting to flee to London. Kirandeep Kaur, who was questioned by the customs division, was detained as a precautionary measure beneath the an identical licensed course of beneath which the family and acquaintances of the absconding accused are questioned.

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In February, this yr an entire lot of supporters of Pro-Khalistan propagator and self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh had barged into the Ajnala Police Station near Amritsar and laid siege after clashing with the police personnel. 

The 29-year-old’s supporters, a couple of of them brandishing swords and weapons, broke by means of barricades and stormed the police station demanding that Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan, an accused in a case involving kidnapping, be launched. Quite a lot of policemen had been injured via the battle, based mostly on officers.

A case was registered in direction of Amritpal Singh and his 30 supporters for allegedly kidnapping and thrashing Barinder Singh, a resident of Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district.

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