Sunday, June 4, 2023

Amritpal Singh

Family members meet ‘Waris de Punjab’ activists in Dibrugarh jail

Ten family members of arrested ‘Waris de Punjab’ activists, including its chief Amritpal Singh, arrived here on Thursday and visited the Dibrugarh Central Jail to meet them, an official said.They made their way to the northeastern state after the...

HC dismisses as infructuous plea pertaining to Amritpal Singh

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday dismissed as infructuous a plea filed last month claiming that radical preacher Amritpal Singh was in the “illegal custody” of police, a day after his arrest in Punjab’s Moga district. Imaan...

Amritpal Singh arrested in Punjab

FLOWN TO DIBRUGARH ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was on Sunday lodged in Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam after being flown in a special flight from Punjab following his arrest in the northern state,...

Nepal puts Amritpal Singh on surveillance list

Nepal on Monday put fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is believed to be hiding in the country, on its surveillance list after India requested it not to allow him to flee to a third country and arrest him...

Amritpal’s mentor Papalpreet helped him escape police

The brains behind pro-Khalistan fugitive Amritpal Singh’s escape from the police dragnet was 38-year-old Papalpreet Singh, who was in close contact with Pakistan’s ISI and was taking instructions from it, officials said on Wednesday.They said Papalpreet Singh is considered...

Police invoke NSA against five Amritpal Singh associates

Preacher’s uncle, driver arrested The Punjab Police on Monday flagged a possible “ISI angle” as it invoked the stringent National Security Act against five men linked to radical preacher Amritpal Singh, whose uncle and driver surrendered amid a state-wide crackdown...

4 members of Amritpal’s outfit moved to Assam

Four members of radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s outfit were brought to Assam from Punjab on Sunday, police said.They were among the 78 people arrested on Saturday in the Punjab government’s major crackdown against ‘Waris Punjab De’ (WPD), headed by...

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide walks free

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide and kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh ‘Toofan’ walked out of jail Friday, a day after hundreds of protesters stormed a police station to extract an assurance that he would be released.A local court ordered his...

Supporters of Khalistan sympathiser clash with police

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke though barricades and stormed into a police station complex here on Thursday, camping there till they were “assured” that an arrested man would be released.Three policemen...