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Fugitive Amritpal Singh Still Remains Elusive; Red Alert In Uttarakhand

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Dehradun: As the hunt for Khalisthan sympathiser Amritpal Singh continues, an alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand.

“An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state as a precaution in view of the possibility of Amritpal Singh entering the state,” Ashok Kumar, Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, said. “Police is conducting intensive checking on the borders of all three districts and in other areas.”

Significantly, all three districts of the State have been affected by terrorism in the ’90s, the DGP added.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • On Thursday, Sukhchain Singh Gill, Punjab’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, said that a total of 207 persons have been arrested for disturbing peace and harmony in the state, of which, 30 have been found in substantive criminal activities, while, remaining are under preventive arrest.
  • “Police teams are doing a thorough screening of all the arrested persons and soon they will be released from police custody.”
  • The IGP said that this operation was carried out on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with an aim to save the innocent youth of Punjab from playing into the hands of anti-national forces.
  • “Punjab Police have clear instructions from the chief minister not to harass any innocent person during the ongoing operation. Police teams have even not harassed the family members of Amritpal Singh.”
  • IGP Gill said Punjab Police in a joint operation with Haryana Police have arrested a woman identified as Baljeet Kaur for harbouring Amritpal Singh and his aide Pappalpreet Singh at her home in Kurukshetra, Haryana, on March 19. Accused Baljit Kaur revealed that Pappalpreet was in touch with her for the last two and a half years, and he had stayed at her house on several occasions.”
  • “After staying the night, they moved out of there (her house) the next day. We are examining the CCTV footage and are hopeful of arresting Amritpal soon.”
  • The Punjab IGP informed further that Amritpal and his aide changed their two-wheeler near a gurdwara at Sehowal village in Jalandhar and tried to get a boat to get across a river.
  • “Our team continues to be in his trail. We are examining CCTV footage retrieved from several locations in a bid to trace his whereabouts. They changed their two-wheeler at a gurdwara at Sehowal village and tried to get a boat to cross the river. However, they failed to get one and eventually used an overbridge to get across the river,” the IGP added.
  • During the ongoing operation, Khanna Police have also identified another Amritpal’s close associate Tejinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba (42) of Mangewal village in Khanna. Police teams have recovered some incriminating material, including holograms of Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF) and weapon training videos, from his possession.
  • An FIR has been registered under Sections 188 and 336 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 27 of the Arms Act at Police Station Malaud in Khanna,” the IGP said.

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