In a giant breakthrough, the Punjab police on Monday arrested a prime affiliate of fugitive `Waris Punjab De` chief and self-styled radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh. Papalpreet Singh, who is claimed to be the chief advisor to Amritpal, was arrested in Punjab`s Hoshiarpur on Monday and detained underneath the National Security Act (NSA).
In at this time’s DNA, Zee News’ Rohit Ranjan makes an evaluation on arrest on Papalpreet Singh’s arrest.
Papalpreet Singh was held underneath the NSA by the Amritsar Rural Police. Papalpreet Singh is a Khalistani activist who known as himself a journalist earlier than ending up as a media advisor to the unconventional preacher. A resident of Amritsar district, he was earlier arrested for his alleged hyperlinks to Pakistan`s ISI in 2015.
Amritpal Singh has been evading arrest, altering his location and appears a number of instances, since March 18 when the police launched a large crackdown to arrest him whereas he was on his method to Jalandhar however he managed to flee on a motorbike.
Earlier, the stringent legislation has been invoked towards Daljit Singh Kalsi, Bhagwant Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Pradhanmantri Bajeke and Harjit Singh, who’ve been shifted to the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam.
Watch DNA with Rohit Ranjan to know Papalpreet Singh’s involvement within the Khalistani motion.
