AMRITSAR: Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s spouse Kirandeep Kaur was stopped on the Amritsar airport by immigration officers whereas she was attempting to board a flight to London, sources stated on Thursday. She was learnt to have been questioned by the immigration authorities, they stated. Singh had tied the knot with UK-based Kaur in February this yr.
More than a month after a police crackdown in opposition to Singh and his aides, the unconventional preacher continues to stay elusive at the same time as a manhunt to nab him is underway. Police on March 18 had launched the crackdown in opposition to Singh and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De.’ He and his associates had been booked beneath a number of prison instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst courses, try to homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.
Meanwhile, the hunt for the unconventional preacher entered the third day on April 17 because the state police tightened the safety blanket to nab him on the earliest. According to police, Amritpal’s uncle Harjit Singh and driver Harpreet Singh surrendered close to a gurdwara in Mehatpur space in Jalandhar late Sunday evening.
“The hunt for Amritpal is still on,” Jalandhar SSP (Rural) Swarandeep Singh stated. The Punjab authorities prolonged the suspension of cell web and SMS companies until Tuesday midday. Meanwhile, Amritpal’s Mercedes is learnt to have been seized by police. Earlier, two automobiles of the preacher’s convoy had been seized. Police on Saturday had launched a significant crackdown in opposition to Amritpal and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.
The elusive preacher, nonetheless, gave police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district. Police on Sunday had performed flag marches and searches throughout Punjab, arresting 34 extra supporters and shifting 4 males in custody to a jail in far-off Assam. During the continuing crackdown operations in opposition to components of Amritpal-led ‘Waris Punjab De’ and individuals trying to disturb peace and concord within the state, the state police has thus far arrested 112 folks.
The crackdown got here weeks after Amritpal and his supporters barged into the Ajnala police station close to Amritsar, extracting an assurance that an arrested man can be launched. With the state on excessive alert, senior officers of Punjab police have asserted that the regulation and order scenario is beneath management and appealed to the general public to not lend an ear to rumours.
Police on April 16 additionally stated that it had registered an FIR in opposition to Amritpal and his supporters for breaking by a police checkpoint and one other associated to the restoration of a firearm within the car present in a Jalandhar village. Amritsar Rural police had additionally registered one other FIR Saturday evening beneath the Arms Act after the arrest of seven of the preacher’s associates in that district.
The crackdown follows the FIR registered a day after the storming of the Ajnala police station on February 23. The radical preacher and his supporters had been accused of spreading disharmony, try to homicide, attacking police personnel and obstructing public servants in discharge of their duties. Six police personnel, together with a superintendent of police, had been injured in Ajnala. Dubai-returned Amritpal grew to become the top of ‘Waris Punjab De’, which was based by actor and activist Deep Sidhu who died in a highway accident in February final yr.
