New Delhi: A brand new video of Amritpal Singh surfaced on Thursday (March 30, 2023) wherein the novel preacher is asserting that he’s “not a fugitive” and that he would quickly “appear before the world”. In the purported video, which surfaced a day after he dared the Punjab Police to arrest him, Amritpal stated he was not like those that would flee the nation.
“Those who feel that I have turned fugitive and I have left my associates, they should not keep this illusion in their mind. I do not fear death,” Amritpal, who’s on the run since police launched a large crackdown towards him and his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’ on March 18, stated.
“… And soon will appear before the world and will also be amongst the ‘Sangat’,” the pro-Khalistan chief stated within the video in Punjabi.
“One has to face a lot during the days of rebellion. These days of rebellion are difficult to pass,” Amritpal added.
Earlier within the day, Amritpal’s audio clip had surfaced wherein he debunked hypothesis that he’s negotiating his give up and nudged the Akal Takht — the best temporal physique of Sikhs — to summon a ‘sarbat khalsa’ congregation.
“We should understand that today is the time for the entire community to come together,” he stated in Punjabi and known as for ‘unity’ amongst Sikh our bodies.
“… I am not scared and I don’t fear going to jail, or torture in police custody. Let them do whatever they want,” he stated.
A day earlier, a video had appeared on social media with the pro-Khalistan preacher asking the jathedar (chief) of the best temporal physique of Sikhs to summon a congregation of the devoted to debate points regarding the group.
Police, in the meantime, have stepped up safety in and round Amritsar and Bathinda amid stories that Amritpal could give up after getting into any of the 2 Sikh shrines – Golden Temple in Amritsar and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Bathinda.
The crackdown towards Amritpal started weeks after his supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala, close to Amritsar, to safe the discharge of one in every of his associates.Â
The preacher, nevertheless, escaped the police web within the Jalandhar district by switching automobiles and altering appearances a number of occasions.
He and his associates have been booked beneath a number of legal instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst lessons, try and homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.
