Chandigarh: Fugitive pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh has been arrested by the Punjab Police at Shahkot police station, Imaan Singh Khara, the authorized advisor to ‘Waris Punjab De’ claimed late on Sunday. Despite Punjab Police`s assertion that Amritpal Singh remains to be on the run and efforts are on to nab him, Advocate Imaan Singh Khara claimed that the Khalistan sympathiser has been arrested at Shahkot Police Station.
Khara additionally alleged that the police needs to kill Singh in a “fake encounter”. Citing a menace to the lifetime of Amritpal Singh, Advocate Khara has approached Punjab and Haryana High Court and filed a writ petition. “Today I have filed a criminal writ petition (Imaan Singh Khara vs State of Punjab) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. This is a Habeas Corpus writ petition,” he advised information company ANI.
Advocate Khara stated, “as per the Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, which is the Right to Life, police cannot beat anyone without the due procedure of the court.” “In this plea, we have appealed to the Punjab and Haryana High Court that there is a threat to Amritpal Singh`s life and that he is arrested at Shahkot Police Station,” he stated. The lawyer additional alleged that regardless of their [police`s] obligation of manufacturing an individual earlier than the Justice of the Peace inside 24 hours, police haven`t produced him [Amritpal Singh].
“Police have a malicious intention,” he alleged additional. Earlier within the day, nevertheless, Punjab Police stated that the Waris Punjab De chief remains to be on the run and efforts to nab him are happening.
“During the ongoing operations against the elements of Waris Punjab De and persons attempting to disturb peace and harmony in the state, another 34 arrests were made throughout the state on Sunday. A total of 112 persons have been arrested so far,” Punjab Police stated.
In sharp distinction to this, Advocate Khara stated, “police can kill him in a fake encounter and can trap him in false and fabricated cases by utilising the time.” “Regarding this, we have filed a writ petition,” he added.
He additionally claimed that Punjab and Haryana High Court have directed the Punjab police to provide you with a missive in Amritpal Singh`s case. “Justice NS Shekhawat, whom the writ petition was marked in the Punjab and Haryana court, heard it. The matter was debated for 1.30 hours, wherein Punjab Advocate General and other Punjab government Advocates were also present and submitted their side,” he stated.
“After hearing the argument of both sides, the Judge has issued a notice to the Punjab government and also directed the Punjab Police to come up with the missive in Amritpal Singh`s case,” he added.
Amritpal Singh Used Rehab Centres To Recruit ‘Human Bomb’: Intel Report
Meanwhile, safety companies had raised a crimson flag after intelligence inputs instructed that pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh was utilizing drug de-addiction centres and a gurdwara for stockpiling weapons and making ready youths to hold out suicide assaults, officers stated on Sunday.
A thick file ready with inputs from varied safety companies claimed that Singh, who returned from Dubai final yr allegedly on the behest of Pakistan’s ISI and Khalistan sympathisers residing abroad, was primarily engaged in brainwashing youths to turn into “khadkoos” or human bombs.
The Punjab Police launched an enormous crackdown on Saturday and arrested tons of of activists and supporters of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit headed by him.
According to consultants and officers monitoring the state of affairs in Punjab, Pakistan, which goes by its worst financial section and misplaced all of the wars fought towards India, is making an attempt its finest to divert the eye of its folks by planting stooges like Amritpal Singh inside India.
During the continued investigation, a number of arms and ammunition meant for the so-called Anandpur Khalsa Front (AKF), a creation of Amritpal Singh, have been seized. Also, police confiscated uniforms and jackets, officers stated, including that the weapons and ammunition seized from the unconventional Sikh preacher’s automotive bore “AKF” marking on them.
The officers stated weapons have been illegally being stockpiled in a number of de-addiction centres run by the ‘Waris Panjab De’ and a gurdwara in Amritsar.
