Picture : Twitter/ ANI
Khalistani Sympathiser Amritpal Singh was finally arrested in Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday, more than a month after the state police launched a crackdown against him following the storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure the release of an arrested associate.
A senior police official told PTI that Amritpal Singh has been arrested by the Punjab Police and would be sent to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail.
He is an NSA subject and will be taken to Dibrugarh, Assam the officer said.
In a video circulated online, Amritpal Singh is purportedly addressing a gathering at a gurudwara, and says he is surrendering.
#WATCH | Earlier visuals of Waris Punjab De’s #AmritpalSingh at Gurudwara in Moga, Punjab.
He was arrested by Punjab Police from Moga this morning and is likely to be shifted to Dibrugarh, Assam. pic.twitter.com/2HMxTr50s7
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2023
Soon after Amritpal Singh’s arrest Punjab Police tweeted
#AmritpalSingh arrested in Moga, Punjab.
Further details will be shared by #PunjabPolice
Urge citizens to maintain peace and harmony, Don’t share any fake news, always verify and share.
— Punjab Police India (@PunjabPoliceInd) April 23, 2023
Amritpal Singh had been on the run since March 18 when a police crackdown was launched against him and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’. The Punjab Police had invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against the Khalistan sympathiser.
#WATCH | Punjab: Singh Sahib Giani Jasbir Singh Rode, at Rodewal Gurdawara in Moga, narrates the sequence leading upto to the arrest of Waris Punjab De’s #AmritpalSingh pic.twitter.com/x9eiUlIhvN
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2023
Several cases have been lodged against the radical preacher and his associates for allegedly spreading disharmony, attempt to murder, attack on police personnel and obstructing the lawful discharge of duty by public servants.
In February, Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala Police Station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police for the release of one of his aides.
