NSA order in opposition to radical preacher Amritpal Singh issued on Saturday: Police affidavit in HC

By PTI

CHANDIGARH: An order to detain radical preacher Amritpal Singh below the stringent National Security Act was issued by the Amritsar district Justice of the Peace on Saturday, mentioned a police officer’s affidavit which additionally described how the Waris Punjab De chief gave the cops the slip.

The affidavit which was filed within the Punjab and Haryana High Court was in response to a habeas corpus petition filed by petitioner Imaan Singh Khara, searching for the “release” of Amritpal from the alleged custody of police.

During the listening to of the petition on Tuesday, the state authorities mentioned that Amritpal was neither detained nor arrested by police.

The Punjab Police on Saturday had launched a serious crackdown in opposition to Amritpal and members of his outfit Waris Punjab De.

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According to the affidavit of Senior Superintendent of Police (Amritsar Rural), Satinder Singh, a non-bailable warrant was additionally issued in opposition to the Khalistan sympathiser on Monday.

Amritpal was performing in a fashion prejudicial to the safety of the state and upkeep of public order, mentioned the affidavit, including that the petitioner had levelled obscure, false, deceptive and frivolous allegations.

It mentioned Amritpal, resident of Jallupur Khera village in Amritsar, has been professing radical ideology and raised the demand of secession of Punjab from India.

“He has been actively abetting/provoking/motivating/conspiring to wage war against the state for a separate nation by the name of ‘Khalistan’. He has been acting in manner prejudicial to the security of the state and maintenance of public order,” mentioned the affidavit.

It additionally talked about how Amritpal and his supporters stormed the Ajnala police station on February 23, moreover stating that up to now six FIRs have been registered in opposition to the preacher and his associates.

On police motion, the affidavit mentioned the operation to arrest and detain Amritpal and others was launched on March 18. “During this operation, one ‘naka’ (check post) was set up by a police party of Khilchian police station, District Amritsar (Rural). Amritpal Singh and his associates were travelling in a Mercedes car along with a caravan of three more vehicles,” it mentioned.

“They were directed by the police party to stop at the ‘naka’, but instead of stopping their vehicles, the cavalcade broke and escaped from the ‘naka’. Then all the adjoining police stations and districts were alerted to locate his vehicles,” the affidavit mentioned.

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It mentioned Amritpal and his associates whereas being on the run had been noticed driving rashly and negligently close to a authorities college, village Salema, Mehatpur in Jalandhar in a single chocolate-coloured ISUZU Pickup automobile. “Amritpal was carrying one .315 rifle and brandishing the same with an objective of creating fear amongst the public. He and others abandoned the car and fled from the spot,” mentioned the affidavit.

A detention proposal to detain Amritpal was ready and despatched on March 17 to Amritsar district Justice of the Peace, who thought of the identical and issued detention orders below part 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980 for detaining the novel preacher on March 18, mentioned the affidavit.

It mentioned regardless of conducting raids, Amritpal couldn’t be detained up to now and is absconding and concealing himself.

The judicial Justice of the Peace top quality Baba Bakala, Amritsar issued non-bailable warrants in opposition to Amritpal on March 20, it added.

Police rejected the petitioner’s allegations that Amritpal was detained within the space of Shahkot in Jalandhar.

During the listening to of the petition on Tuesday, the state authorities mentioned that Amritpal was neither detained nor arrested by police.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );