Punjab Police on Sunday arrested six individuals, together with the mom and uncle of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh in Amritsar. Their arrest comes a day before a march scheduled to be taken out seeking Amritpal be shifted from Dibrugarh jail in Assam to a jail in Punjab.
Amritpal, chief of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit, and 9 of his associates are at present lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam. He was arrested in April final yr and the stringent National Security Act (NSA) was invoked towards him.
Balwinder Kaur, the mom of Amritpal has been despatched to judicial custody, Deputy Commissioner of Police Alam Vijay Singh mentioned on Sunday. He mentioned it was a preventive arrest however refused to reveal extra particulars.
Amritpal’s uncle Sukhchain Singh and three others have additionally been held, police mentioned.
Chetna march for shifting of Amritpal
Amritpal’s kin and supporters deliberate to maintain the ‘Chetna March’ from Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda on April 8 to demand that Amritpal and 9 others be shifted from the jail in Assam to Punjab.
Kaur, who had been on a starvation strike since February 22, mentioned that they might proceed the starvation strike until Amritpal and different detainees had been introduced to a jail in Punjab.
Apart from Amritpal, 9 of his associates — Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla — have been booked beneath the NSA.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities for the police motion. Various organisers of the march have been held, together with the mom of Amritpal Singh, which is condemnable, SAD spokesman Parambans Singh Romana mentioned.
(With PTI inputs)
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