Punjab Police: The unconventional separatist chief is usually seen escorted by armed supporters.
New Delhi:
A particular crew of the Punjab police, gearing as much as arrest self-styled radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, at this time detained six of his associates and deployed heavy police pressure within the Moga district. Web has additionally been suspended throughout the state until 12 pm tomorrow. Sources say the state authorities waited for the G20 occasion to recover from to provoke motion in opposition to him.
Amritpal leads “Waris Punjab De”, a radical organisation began by actor and activist Deep Sidhu, who died in a street accident in February final 12 months.
Sources mentioned police personnel from seven district chased Amritpal Singh and his associates, and have surrounded him at Mehatpur village in Jalandhar’s Shahkot tehsil. Police had closed all roads and arrange enormous barricades in Shahkot as that they had prior data of Amritpal Singh’s go to.
Punjab police has, via a tweet, requested all residents to take care of peace and concord, and “to not panic or unfold faux information or hate speech”.
Request all residents to take care of peace & concord
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— Punjab Police India (@PunjabPoliceInd) March 18, 2023
Anticipating disturbance, a big contingent of police has been deployed outdoors Amritpal’s native village, Jallupur Khaira, in Amritsar district. Sources mentioned police and paramilitary forces have sealed the village.
The unconventional separatist chief, who has been energetic in Punjab for a couple of years, is usually seen escorted by armed supporters.
Amritpal Singh was on the centre of a large protest on February 23 in opposition to the arrest of his key aide, kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh. His supporters, a few of them brandishing swords and weapons, broke via barricades and barged right into a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of the Amritsar metropolis, extracting an assurance from the police that Lovepreet Singh could be launched. He had later blamed the Punjab Police for the violence.
Six police personnel, together with a Superintendent of Police rank officer, have been injured through the conflict. The police haven’t but revealed whether or not an FIR was lodged in opposition to Amritpal for the violence.
After the Ajnala incident, BJP demanded Governor’s rule within the state, and the Punjab Congress sought the arrest of Amritpal Singh and his supporters for attacking police personnel.
Punjab police was closely criticised for dragging its ft in taking motion concerning the incident.
Reacting to the police motion at this time, Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu mentioned the person who “used to speak about taking over arms for Khalistan is at this time operating away fearing the police”.
“Does a Sikh ever run away? He would have confronted the police if he had braveness. He’s operating round within the streets like a gidad (jackal). I used to say earlier, too, that he has come to get our youngsters killed. He’s a person of (intelligence) companies,” he mentioned.
Going through warmth from the opposition events within the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had lately mentioned his authorities was dedicated to sustaining regulation and order within the state, and nobody could be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur had earlier this month attacked the AAP authorities in Punjab, saying regulation and order “collapsed” within the state after the formation of “one authorities”, and urged it “wakes up” and takes some steps.