Amritpal Singh manhunt: Amid the continuing manhunt of Punjab police for Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, who’s on a run, a toy drone was recovered on the outskirts of fugitive pro-Khalistani chief’s village in Amritsar district, mentioned officers on Friday.
Senior officers with Punjab Police mentioned that the toy drone was seized from Rayya village situated on the outskirts of Amritsar on Thursday. “Police have recovered the toy drone on the outskirts of Amritpal Singh’s village in Punjab’s Amritsar area. The drone does not have a camera on it. The Police have taken out the batteries,” mentioned DSP Harkrishan Singh. “Police are on high alert,” he added.
“I am not surrendering”
Khalistani sympathizer live-streamed video on YouTube on Thursday night saying “he would not surrender.” “The Almighty saved us from the attempt of ‘lakhs of cops’ who were sent to make an arrest,” he additional mentioned in the Facebook video.
The video appeared amid experiences that the unconventional preacher may give up. In his 40-minute video, Amritpal Singh is attempting to impress the youth as he demanded to name Sarbat Khalsa on the event of Baisakhi.
“I am appearing in front of you for the first time since March 18. First I want to talk about the action of the Punjab government. If their intention would have been only to arrest me, then they could have simply done it and I would have surrendered… but instead of that they tried to do it by force… and it was due to the blessings of God, we are able to escape… when the internet was shut down, we were not able to communicate and didn’t know what was going around… I would like to thank all who came in front to support us…,” mentioned Amritpal Singh.
Challenge for Punjab Police continues
Cops are nonetheless unaware of Amritpal Singh’s location, who’s on run. Several photographs and movies of the unconventional chief have surfaced over the previous few days in which he has been noticed at varied places in northern India and remains to be out at massive.
The elusive preacher himself, nevertheless, gave the police a slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district lately.
There was no official phrase on the purported video, which appeared because the Punjab Police attempt to shut in on Amritpal Singh. Some experiences have additionally steered he may give up because the safety in Amritsar and Talwandi Sabo space in Bathinda has been tightened.
The crackdown on his outfit Waris Punjab De began weeks after Amritpal Singh’s supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala, close to Amritsar, to safe the discharge of one his followers. The Punjab authorities has slapped the stringent National Security Act towards him and a few of his shut aides.
(With ANI inputs)
