Hoshiarpur: The Punjab Police has launched an enormous door-to-door search operation in a Hoshiarpur village following inputs that radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his aide might be within the space. There was heavy police deployment in and across the Marnaian village right here as police started the operation late on Tuesday night time after some suspects deserted their car following a chase.
A crew of the counterintelligence wing of the Punjab Police Tuesday night had chased a automobile from Phagwara after it suspected that fugitive Amritpal and his aide might be in that car, police sources stated.
Suspects, who’re believed to be three to 4, deserted their car close to Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh in Marnaian village right here and fled, police sources stated. A cordon and search operation was launched on Tuesday night time in and across the village whereas checkposts and barricades had been raised on the roads to nab the suspects.
Police late on Tuesday night time had additionally carried out a door-to-door search operation to nab the suspects. The Punjab Police has been on excessive alert after the pro-Khalistan radical preacher escaped its dragnet.
Amritpal Singh stays untraceable since a police crackdown towards him and members of his pro-Khalistan ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit on March 18, about three weeks after he and his supporters stormed into the Ajnala police station close to Amritsar to safe the discharge of an arrested man.
The preacher escaped the police dragnet in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching automobiles and altering appearances. He and his associates have been booked underneath a number of felony circumstances associated to spreading disharmony amongst lessons, try to homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.
A brand new video of Amritpal Singh along with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced on social media on Tuesday, exhibiting the pro-Khalistan preacher and not using a turban and carrying a masks. The undated CCTV footage, stated to be from a market in Delhi, confirmed the fugitive strolling down a avenue carrying darkish glasses. Behind him, Papalpreet Singh might be seen strolling with a bag.
There isn’t any official phrase from Punjab Police on the contemporary footage. A senior Delhi Police official stated they’re probing whether or not the individuals seen within the video are Amritpal Singh and his aide.
