By PTI
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Monday mentioned it has invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) towards 5 folks linked to radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s ‘Waris Punjab De’.
Addressing the media right here, Punjab Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) Sukhchain Singh Gill additional mentioned the preacher was on the run and efforts have been on to nab him.
He mentioned six FIRs have thus far been registered and 114 folks arrested within the crackdown towards components of the Waris Punjab De outfit.
Gill additionally mentioned that police suspect an “ISI angle” and international funding within the matter.
The NSA has been invoked towards 5 folks linked to the outfit, he mentioned in response to a query.
The stringent regulation has been invoked towards 4 detenues — Daljit Singh Kalsi, Bhagwant Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Pradhanmantri’ Bajeke, who’ve been shifted to the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam.
He additional mentioned that the NSA has additionally been invoked towards Harjit Singh, who surrendered on Saturday evening in Jalandhar.
Harjit Singh, the uncle of Amritpal Singh, will even be taken to Dibrugarh Central Jail, the police mentioned.
In the wake of the motion towards the unconventional preacher, Gill mentioned police have been taking out flag marches within the state and peace committee conferences have been being held in all districts.
There is full peace in Punjab, he added.
The official additionally urged folks to not lend ears to rumours and faux information, saying strict motion can be taken towards these discovered concerned in the identical.
The police on Saturday launched a significant crackdown towards Amritpal and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.
The elusive preacher, nevertheless, gave police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district.
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police on Monday mentioned it has invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) towards 5 folks linked to radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s ‘Waris Punjab De’.
Addressing the media right here, Punjab Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) Sukhchain Singh Gill additional mentioned the preacher was on the run and efforts have been on to nab him.
He mentioned six FIRs have thus far been registered and 114 folks arrested within the crackdown towards components of the Waris Punjab De outfit.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
Gill additionally mentioned that police suspect an “ISI angle” and international funding within the matter.
The NSA has been invoked towards 5 folks linked to the outfit, he mentioned in response to a query.
The stringent regulation has been invoked towards 4 detenues — Daljit Singh Kalsi, Bhagwant Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Pradhanmantri’ Bajeke, who’ve been shifted to the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam.
He additional mentioned that the NSA has additionally been invoked towards Harjit Singh, who surrendered on Saturday evening in Jalandhar.
Harjit Singh, the uncle of Amritpal Singh, will even be taken to Dibrugarh Central Jail, the police mentioned.
In the wake of the motion towards the unconventional preacher, Gill mentioned police have been taking out flag marches within the state and peace committee conferences have been being held in all districts.
There is full peace in Punjab, he added.
The official additionally urged folks to not lend ears to rumours and faux information, saying strict motion can be taken towards these discovered concerned in the identical.
The police on Saturday launched a significant crackdown towards Amritpal and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.
The elusive preacher, nevertheless, gave police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district.
INTERVIEW | An armed battle is at all times the final choice, whether it is imposed on us: Amritpal Singh
READ MORE: Punjab’s Amritpal Singh aka ‘Bhindranwale 2.0’: Radical preacher and Khalistan sympathiser