New Delhi: Assam Police has been placed on excessive alert after a pro-Khalistan chief allegedly threatened Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. In the purported audio clip, Sikh for Justice founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, a chosen particular person terrorist, was heard claiming that Sikhs had been being “tortured” in Assam jail and requested Sarma to desist from it.
“This message is for Assam CM Himanta Sarma. Your government is harassing and torturing pro-Khalistan Sikhs in Assam. And also torturing those who are in jail. Listen carefully CM Sarma, the fight is between pro-Khalistan Sikhs and the Indian regime. Sarma, you do not pray fall to this violence. We are seeking the liberation of Punjab from Indian occupation through a peaceful democratic process of Khalistan referendum. Sarma, if your government is going to torture and harass Sikhs, you will be held accountable,” information company ANI quoted the pro-Khalistani chief as saying within the purported audio clip.
Speaking on the voice be aware, the Assam Police stated it has taken the menace to Sarma “very seriously” that and his safety has been “adequately sensitized to the emerging threat” and a case has been registered.
A case underneath acceptable sections of IPC and UAP Act has been registered at STF Police Station of Assam, Director General of Assam Police GP Singh stated.
“Reference audio clip threatening Hon CM Assam by a person called Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, a designated individual terrorist under Indian law and heading an unlawful association called Sikh for Justice – A case under appropriate sections of IPC and UAP Act has been registered at STF Police Station of Assam; The security component of Hon CM has been adequately sensitised to the emerging threat; In view of global events, the threat is being taken very seriously by Assam Police; The central agencies have been kept in the loop on the issue,” he stated in a tweet.Â
Reference audio clip threatening Hon CM Assam by an individual referred to as Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, a chosen particular person terrorist underneath Indian legislation and heading an illegal affiliation referred to as Sikh for Justice –
1. A case underneath acceptable sections of IPC and UAP Act has been registered…
— GP Singh (@gpsinghips) April 2, 2023
It is notable that after the March 18 crackdown on pro-Khalistan radical preacher Amritpal Singh, the Punjab authorities had shifted seven of his shut aides to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail after slapping them with the National Security Act.
Singh, in the meantime, stays on the run because the police crackdown on his outfit Waris Punjab De. He has, nonetheless, appeared in two purported movies and an audio clip launched on social media up to now few days.
In the video, the Khalistan sympathiser asserted he was not a fugitive and would quickly seem earlier than the world.
In the audio clip, he had debunked hypothesis he was negotiating his give up and nudged the Akal Takht for the second time to summon a “sarbat khalsa” congregation to debate points associated to the Sikh group.
The crackdown on the Waris Punjab De chief was launched about three weeks after his supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala close to Amritsar to safe the discharge of an arrested man.
He and his associates have been booked in a number of prison circumstances associated to spreading disharmony amongst lessons, try to homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of responsibility by public servants.
