New Delhi: Amid the continued manhunt for fugitive pro-Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh, groups of Delhi Police and Punjab Police on Friday launched a search operation in Delhi and its border in view of the opportunity of his getting into the nationwide capital. Delhi Police sources on Friday mentioned that the top of the pro-Khalistani outfit Waris Punjab De is suspected to have left for Delhi. According to sources, Delhi Police and Punjab Police have been conducting a search operation in Delhi and its borders after receiving intelligence inputs of a sighting of Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal at Delhi`s ISBT bus terminal. Intelligence inputs advised that he could also be disguised as a sadhu. Papalpreet Singh is accompanying Amritpal Singh, mentioned sources.
The Punjab Police expressed doubts about Amritpal getting into the Delhi border utilizing any car aside from a bus. Following the enter, Delhi Police went on alert mode and are attempting to trace Amritpal`s actions. An alert has additionally been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand as a precaution in view of the opportunity of Amritpal Singh getting into the state.
“An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh entering the state,” Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar mentioned advised ANI.
He mentioned that the police are conducting intensive checking on the borders of all three districts and in different areas. Significantly, all three districts of the State have been affected by terrorism within the 90s, he added.
Earlier on Friday, the Punjab Police launched as many as 44 individuals, who have been taken into preventive arrest throughout the ongoing operation towards these making an attempt to disturb legislation and order within the state. On Thursday, Punjab`s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill mentioned {that a} complete of 207 individuals have been arrested for disturbing peace and concord within the state.IGP Gill pon Thursday revealed that the Waris Punjab De chief`s final location was in Haryana.
Addressing a press convention in Chandigarh on Thursday, the IGP mentioned, “We are still actively searching for Amritpal Singh and have come to know that its last location was in Haryana. We have taken a woman named Baljeet Kaur into custody. Amritpal stayed at this woman`s house in Kurukshetra (Haryana) and the Waris Punjab De chief and his close aide had been in touch with her for the last two-and-a-half years.” The IGP mentioned Baljeet Kaur disclosed throughout questioning that each Amritpal and his key aide, Papalpreet Singh, had stayed at her home on the evening of March 19.”We arrested Baljeet Kaur with the help of Haryana Police. She disclosed during interrogation that on the night of March 19, both Papalpreet Singh and Amritpal had put up at her place. She said she had Papalpreet for more than the last couple of years and he had stayed at her house on several occasions,” the IGP mentioned.”After staying the night, they moved out of there (her house) the next day. We are examining the CCTV footage and are hopeful of arresting Amritpal soon,” he added.The Punjab IGP knowledgeable additional that Amritpal and his aide modified their two-wheeler close to a gurdwara at Sehowal village in Jalandhar and tried to get a ship to get throughout a river.”Our team continues to be in his trail. We are examining CCTV footage retrieved from several locations in a bid to trace his whereabouts. They changed their two-wheeler at a gurdwara at Sehowal village and tried to get a boat to cross the river. However, they failed to get one and eventually used an overbridge to get across the river,” the IGP added.”After roaming around in another two-wheeler, they hired an auto-rickshaw. After this, they were located at Kurukshetra. Gurpej (one of the four men arrested for allegedly helping Amritpal escape), who is currently in our custody, told us about another woman, apart from Baljeet Kaur, who he may turn to for refuge,” the IGP added.On March 18, Punjab Police launched an operation towards Amritpal and his aides. The crackdown got here nearly over three weeks after Amritpal`s supporters clashed with uniformed personnel on the Ajnala police station on February 23, on the outskirts of Amritsar, demanding the discharge of one in all his shut aides, Lovepreet Toofan.Thousands of his supporters stormed the Ajnala police station, flashing swords and high-calibre firearms and threatening the police with dire penalties if they didn’t launch Lovepreet Toofan, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting and abducting a person.
