The Twitter account of BBC Punjabi information was withheld in India by authorities because the manhunt for Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh continued. Though the BBC has not issued any statements but on the most recent improvement, social media customers took to Twitter to precise their opinion.Â
“Now BBC News Punjabi Twitter handle is blocked in India. The government is afraid of the media that criticize the government and exposes the government. It seems as if an undeclared emergency is being imposed in India, especially in Punjab,” a Twitter person wrote.
“BBC News Punjabi Twitter account blocked in India for spreading misinformation on law and order situation in Punjab and anti-India propaganda,” wrote one other Twitter person.
Just a day earlier, Nepal put fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who’s believed to be hiding within the nation, on its surveillance checklist after India requested it to not enable him to flee to a 3rd nation and arrest him if he makes an attempt to flee utilizing an Indian passport or every other faux passport.
In the most recent improvement, one particular person was arrested from Ludhiana’s Khanna metropolis, by the Punjab Police on Sunday for harbouring Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh’s shut affiliate Tajinder Singh Gill. The police mentioned that the person, recognized as Balwant Singh, had no direct reference to Amritpal Singh.Â
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