Jailed MP Amritpal’s 7 aides to be introduced again to Punjab from Assam jail
The Punjab Police will convey again seven associates of jailed MP and radical preacher Amritpal Singh from Assam’s Dibrugarh jail because the state authorities has determined to not prolong their detention beneath the stringent Nationwide Safety Act, mentioned a senior police officer on Sunday.
The seven associates will face the legislation within the 2023 Ajnala police station assault incident, the officer mentioned.
The detention interval of those seven individuals goes to run out and the state authorities has determined to not prolong their detention beneath the NSA, he mentioned.
Amritpal Singh, the chief of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit, and his 9 associates have been in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail beneath the NSA for the previous two years.
He had fought the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as an impartial and gained from the Khadoor Sahib seat.
Amritpal Singh’s associates who shall be introduced again to Punjab are Basant Singh, Bhagwant Singh Bajekhana, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwal, Daljit Singh Kalsi, Gurinderpal Singh Guri Aujla, Harjit Singh and Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal.
Deputy Inspector Basic of Police (Border Vary Amritsar) Satinder Singh mentioned police will take the investigation ahead within the 2023 Ajnala police station assault incident.
He mentioned that 10 individuals, who had been detained beneath the NSA, haven’t been formally arrested but within the Ajnala police station assault incident.
“We’re taking the investigation within the matter ahead. We are going to arrest the seven individuals within the FIR quantity 39 and convey them again to Punjab,” the DIG informed reporters in Amritsar.
“We are going to convey them right here in that case and take ahead the investigation,” he additional mentioned.
Replying to a query on Amritpal Singh, the DIG refused to make any remark.
Motion in opposition to them shall be taken as per legislation, he mentioned, including the NSA detention interval in opposition to these individuals is expiring.
Final 12 months, the detention of Amritpal Singh and his 9 associates beneath the NSA had been prolonged by a 12 months.
Amritpal Singh, who styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was arrested in Moga’s Rode village on April 23, 2023 following an over a month-long manhunt.
The Khalistan sympathizer had escaped the police internet in Jalandhar district on March 18, 2023 switching automobiles and altering appearances.
The Punjab Police had launched the crackdown after the February 23, 2023 Ajnala incident through which Amritpal Singh and his supporters, a few of them brandishing swords and weapons, allegedly broke via barricades and barged into the police station on the outskirts of Amritsar metropolis, and clashed with police for the discharge of his aides.
He and his associates have been booked on costs of spreading disharmony amongst courses, try to homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.
