In a joint operation by Punjab and Delhi Police, two more aides of a fugitive radical preacher and Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh were apprehended in Mohali, Punjab. The arrested Waris Punjab De aides were identified as Gurjant Singh and Nisha. The Punjab Police Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) and a team from the Delhi Police pursued and surrounded a car outside Kothi No. 1136 in Sector 89, Mohali.
In what was seen as a significant breakthrough in the ongoing manhunt for Amritpal, Punjab police arrested his close aide Joga Singh from Sirhind in the Fatehgarh Sahib district earlier this month.
“Punjab police arrested ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh’s main aide Joga Singh from Sirhind. He was arrested in a joint operation by Amritsar police rural and Hoshiyarpur police,” DIG Border Range Narinder Bhargav said at a press briefing on Saturday.
According to the police, Joga Singh provided Amritpal with shelter, assisted him in escaping from Delhi, and then returned him to Punjab.
“This is the person who took Amritpal from the time he was reported absconding, beyond Delhi, gave him shelter, and then brought him back to Punjab. He wasn’t booked under NSA (National Security Act). He will be produced in the Hoshiarpur court. Joga Singh’s intention was to stay low in some areas of Haryana,” said Narinder Bhargav.
Earlier, Punjab police arrested Papalpreet Singh, a close aide to the fugitive Khalistan leader, and brought him to Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail. Sukhchain Singh Gill, Punjab’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, told the media that Papalpreet was apprehended under the National Security Act (NSA).
“Amritsar Rural Police arrested Papalpreet Singh, the main associate of Amritpal Singh from the Kathu Nangal area. The arrest was made under the National Security Act. Apart from being an associate of Amritpal, he was also wanted in six cases,” Gill said, adding that action against him will be taken as per the law.
According to the police, Joga Singh provided Amritpal with shelter, assisted him in escaping from Delhi, and then returned him to Punjab.
“This is the person who took Amritpal from the time he was reported absconding, beyond Delhi, gave him shelter, and brought him back to Punjab. He wasn’t booked under NSA (National Security Act). He will be produced in the Hoshiarpur court. Joga Singh’s intention was to stay low in some areas of Haryana,” said Narinder Bhargav.
Earlier, Punjab police arrested Papalpreet Singh, a close aide to the fugitive Khalistan leader, and brought him to Assam’s Dibrugarh Central Jail. Sukhchain Singh Gill, Punjab’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, told the media that Papalpreet was apprehended under the National Security Act (NSA).
“Amritsar Rural Police arrested Papalpreet Singh, the main associate of Amritpal Singh from the Kathu Nangal area. The arrest was made under the National Security Act. Apart from being an associate of Amritpal, he was also wanted in six cases,” Gill said, adding that action against him will be taken as per the law.
In several photographs that surfaced after the duo escaped the dragnet cast by the state police, Papalpreet was seen with the fugitive Khalistan leader. On March 30, the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief said he was not a “fugitive” and would soon “appear in front of the world” in an unverified video.
