Chandigarh: Punjab Police is learnt to have detained radical preacher Amritpal Singh on Saturday, souces mentioned. Meanwhile, web providers have been suspended until 12 pm Sunday, mentioned a senior official of the Home affairs division. Amripal’s cavalcade was reportedly intercepted by police in Mehatpur village in Jalandhar district on Saturday. Though he managed to flee, six of his supporters have been learnt to have been detained. Some supporters of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief shared some movies on social media claiming that policemen have been chasing them. A video additionally confirmed Amritpal sitting in a automobile and one in all his aides may very well be heard saying policemen have been after ‘Bhai saab’ (Amritpal). Another supporter in a area shared a video wherein he was claiming that policemen have been after him.
Meanwhile, the Punjab Police requested individuals to keep up peace and concord. “Request all citizens to maintain peace & harmony. Punjab Police is working to maintain Law & Order. Request citizens not to panic or spread fake news or hate speech,” it mentioned in a tweet.
Punjab Police has launched motion towards Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh and his aides. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/mhrlf6HY7A
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2023
Last month, Amritpal and his supporters, a few of them brandishing swords and weapons, broke by way of barricades and barged into the Ajnala Police Station on the outskirts of the Amritsar metropolis, and clashed with police for the discharge of one in all Amritpal’s aide.
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All cellular web providers, all SMS providers (besides banking & cellular recharge) & all dongle providers offered on cellular networks, besides the voice name, within the territorial jurisdiction of Punjab shall be suspended from 18th March (12:00 hours) to nineteenth March (12:00 hours) in… https://t.co/NN3LeXoRZt pic.twitter.com/z3vXg4v158
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2023
During the incident, six policemen together with a Superintendent of Police rank officer had suffered accidents.
Amritpal Singh mentioned in an interview with ANI that incident and subsequent launch of Lovepreet Singh will “change the course of the future”. Amritpal Singh mentioned “Punjab Police acted in a hurry based on wrong intelligence reports and authorities gave false information about him that he does not have support. “When I’m going to the general public, this might occur any day when you have sufficient proof to cost me.”
