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  • 2 Jailed MPs in New Lok Sabha: Know What the Rule Book Says |

    New Delhi: Two candidates currently lodged in prison on terror charges emerged winners in the just-concluded parliamentary election, giving rise to an unusual situation for the 18th Lok Sabha to be formed in the coming days.

    While the law will keep them from attending the proceedings of the new House, they do have the constitutional right to take oath as Members of Parliament.

    The Election Commission declared the results of the Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday. While radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh won Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib seat, terror financing accused Sheikh Abdul Rashid, also known as Engineer Rashid, emerged victorious on Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla seat.

    Engineer Rashid has been lodged in Tihar jail since August 9, 2019, on charges of terror financing. Singh was arrested in April 2023 under the National Security Act and sent to the Dibrugarh prison in Assam.

    The question now arises if these jailed newly elected MPs will be allowed to take the oath, and if yes, how.

    Explaining the legalities involved, Constitution expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general PDT Achari emphasised the importance of following the constitutional provisions in such cases.

    Being sworn in as a Member of Parliament is a constitutional right, he said.

    But because they are currently in prison, Engineer Rashid and Singh must seek permission from authorities to be escorted to Parliament for the oath-taking ceremony.

    Once they have taken the oath, they will have to return to prison.

    To further explain the legalities, Achari cited Article 101(4) of the Constitution which deals with the absence of members from both Houses of Parliament without prior sanction of the Chair.

    He said that after they have taken oath, they will write to the Speaker, informing him or her about their inability to attend the House. The Speaker will then refer their requests to the House Committee on Absence of Members.

    The committee will recommend whether the member should be allowed to remain absent from House proceedings or not. The recommendation is then to put vote in the House by the Speaker.

    If Engineer Rashid or Singh are to be convicted and jailed for a minimum of two years, they would lose their seats in the Lok Sabha immediately as per the Supreme Court judgment of 2013, which holds that MPs and MLAs would be disqualified in such cases.

    This decision struck down section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act, which earlier allowed convicted MPs and MLAs three months to appeal against their convictions.

  • Amritpal Singh booked in eight circumstances, National Security Act invoked in opposition to him

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: Besides invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on pro-Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh the Punjab Police has registered eight circumstances on the unconventional chief and his associates as that they had been booked beneath a variety of jail circumstances related to purpose to murder, kidnapping, assault, extortion, illegal confinement, spreading disharmony amongst programs, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions throughout the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    On February 16: Punjab Police booked Amritpal Singh and others along with Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan for kidnapping, assault, jail intimidation and snatching on the criticism lodged by Varinder Singh of the Chamkaur Sahib in Anandpur Sahib as he alleged that they beat him up and threatened to kill him if he posted one thing in opposition to them on social media.

    On February 24: a case was registered in opposition to Amritpal Singh and some of his associates for attempt to murder, and assault law enforcement officials as they attacked Ajnala Police Station on February 23 to free his shut help Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan on February 17, later Toofan was launched by the courtroom docket.

    On March 18: Amritpal Singh was booked for rash and negligent driving and disobedience to the order of a public servant at Mehtpur Police Station, as he broke by police barricades.

    On March  19: a case was registered on Amritpal Singh and others in two circumstances. A case was registered at Khilchian Police Station for rash and negligent driving, obstructing public servants from doing obligation and jail intimidation. Another case was registered on the an identical day by Amritsar (Rural) Police beneath the arms act after weapons had been recovered from people associated to him.

    On March 20:  Amritpal Singh, his uncle Harjit Singh and their driver Harpreet Singh was booked by the Punjab Police on bills of trespass, wrongful confinement, whoever commits house-trespass with a objective to commit offence punishable with dying and jail intimidation at Mehatpur Police Station on the criticism of Udhowal village sarpanch Manpreet Singh who alleged that Harjit and Harpreet held him and his family hostage for 29 hours at gunpoint following the crackdown.

    On March 21: Amritpal Singh and 4 of his accomplices had been booked for rioting, unlawful assembly, extortion by putting a person in concern of dying, jail intimidation and arms act at Shahkot police station, on the criticism of Ranjit Singh, the priest of the gurdwara at Nangal Ambian village. In his criticism, Singh acknowledged that Amritpal pointed a gun at his son, Tejinder Singh and demanded clothes to fluctuate into. He threatened to kill him if he did not relent.

    On March 24: Amritpal Singh and his shut affiliate Papalpreet Singh had been booked on bills of extortion and illegal confinement at Bilga Police Station of Jalandhar (Rural). On the criticism of Gurmeet Kaur, partner of Sukhwinder Singh a priest at Singha Sabha Gurdwara in Shekhpur, who alleged that her family was allegedly taken into illegal confinement at gunpoint by Amritpal to help him and his accomplice cross Sutlej river.

    CHANDIGARH: Besides invoking the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on pro-Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh the Punjab Police has registered eight circumstances on the unconventional chief and his associates as that they had been booked beneath a variety of jail circumstances related to purpose to murder, kidnapping, assault, extortion, illegal confinement, spreading disharmony amongst programs, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions throughout the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    On February 16: Punjab Police booked Amritpal Singh and others along with Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan for kidnapping, assault, jail intimidation and snatching on the criticism lodged by Varinder Singh of the Chamkaur Sahib in Anandpur Sahib as he alleged that they beat him up and threatened to kill him if he posted one thing in opposition to them on social media.

    On February 24: a case was registered in opposition to Amritpal Singh and some of his associates for attempt to murder, and assault law enforcement officials as they attacked Ajnala Police Station on February 23 to free his shut help Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan on February 17, later Toofan was launched by the courtroom docket.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    On March 18: Amritpal Singh was booked for rash and negligent driving and disobedience to the order of a public servant at Mehtpur Police Station, as he broke by police barricades.

    On March  19: a case was registered on Amritpal Singh and others in two circumstances. A case was registered at Khilchian Police Station for rash and negligent driving, obstructing public servants from doing obligation and jail intimidation. Another case was registered on the an identical day by Amritsar (Rural) Police beneath the arms act after weapons had been recovered from people associated to him.

    On March 20:  Amritpal Singh, his uncle Harjit Singh and their driver Harpreet Singh was booked by the Punjab Police on bills of trespass, wrongful confinement, whoever commits house-trespass with a objective to commit offence punishable with dying and jail intimidation at Mehatpur Police Station on the criticism of Udhowal village sarpanch Manpreet Singh who alleged that Harjit and Harpreet held him and his family hostage for 29 hours at gunpoint following the crackdown.

    On March 21: Amritpal Singh and 4 of his accomplices had been booked for rioting, unlawful assembly, extortion by putting a person in concern of dying, jail intimidation and arms act at Shahkot police station, on the criticism of Ranjit Singh, the priest of the gurdwara at Nangal Ambian village. In his criticism, Singh acknowledged that Amritpal pointed a gun at his son, Tejinder Singh and demanded clothes to fluctuate into. He threatened to kill him if he did not relent.

    On March 24: Amritpal Singh and his shut affiliate Papalpreet Singh had been booked on bills of extortion and illegal confinement at Bilga Police Station of Jalandhar (Rural). On the criticism of Gurmeet Kaur, partner of Sukhwinder Singh a priest at Singha Sabha Gurdwara in Shekhpur, who alleged that her family was allegedly taken into illegal confinement at gunpoint by Amritpal to help him and his accomplice cross Sutlej river.

  • Radical preacher Amritpal Singh flown to Dibrugarh, security heightened spherical jail

    By Express News Service

    GUWAHATI: A multi-layer security ring has been thrown spherical Assam’s Dibrugarh jail, the place Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and 9 of his aides are lodged.

    The complete jail superior has been saved out of bounds of most individuals. Several high-mast lights have been put in and there could also be around the clock CCTV surveillance. 

    The augmentation of security started ahead of the arrival of Amritpal’s 9 aides – all of them NSA detainees. The police invoked NSA moreover in the direction of Amritpal. They are the one Sikh inmates of the Dibrugarh jail which is Assam’s second oldest jail inbuilt 1857. 

    The police have not however issued any assertion nevertheless a senior authorities official acknowledged there usually are not any issues of safety.

    “Amritpal and the others (his aides) have been lodged at the Dibrugarh jail based on the request of Punjab government. All of them have been kept within the same campus,” the official knowledgeable this newspaper requesting anonymity.

    “We have updated the security measures. The entire jail is under CCTV surveillance. The CCTVs have been also upgraded,” the official acknowledged. 

    He acknowledged security had been augmented, every inside and outdoor the jail.

    “We recently conducted a security review meeting. We don’t have any security-related concerns,” the official added.

    Amritpal Singh was arrested in Rode village of Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday morning after police personnel surrounded him, leaving him with no technique to flee, a senior Punjab Police official acknowledged proper right here.

    At spherical 2:45 pm on Sunday, the unconventional preacher was dropped at Dibrugarh in a specific aircraft.

    He was immediately taken to the Dibrugarh jail in a convoy of autos beneath tight security.

    GUWAHATI: A multi-layer security ring has been thrown spherical Assam’s Dibrugarh jail, the place Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and 9 of his aides are lodged.

    The complete jail superior has been saved out of bounds of most individuals. Several high-mast lights have been put in and there could also be around the clock CCTV surveillance. 

    The augmentation of security started ahead of the arrival of Amritpal’s 9 aides – all of them NSA detainees. The police invoked NSA moreover in the direction of Amritpal. They are the one Sikh inmates of the Dibrugarh jail which is Assam’s second oldest jail inbuilt 1857. googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The police have not however issued any assertion nevertheless a senior authorities official acknowledged there usually are not any issues of safety.

    “Amritpal and the others (his aides) have been lodged at the Dibrugarh jail based on the request of Punjab government. All of them have been kept within the same campus,” the official knowledgeable this newspaper requesting anonymity.

    “We have updated the security measures. The entire jail is under CCTV surveillance. The CCTVs have been also upgraded,” the official acknowledged. 

    He acknowledged security had been augmented, every inside and outdoor the jail.

    “We recently conducted a security review meeting. We don’t have any security-related concerns,” the official added.

    Amritpal Singh was arrested in Rode village of Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday morning after police personnel surrounded him, leaving him with no technique to flee, a senior Punjab Police official acknowledged proper right here.

    At spherical 2:45 pm on Sunday, the unconventional preacher was dropped at Dibrugarh in a specific aircraft.

    He was immediately taken to the Dibrugarh jail in a convoy of autos beneath tight security.

  • Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh surrenders to Punjab police: Sources

    Amritpal Singh is being shifted to Assam's Dibrugarh, the place eight of his aides are already being held beneath the National Security Act.

    Radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run since March 18, surrendered sooner than the Punjab police on Sunday, based mostly on critiques. 

    Amritpal Singh is being shifted to Assam’s Dibrugarh, the place eight of his aides are already being held beneath the National Security Act.

    ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh arrested by Punjab Police from Moga district of Punjab: Sources

    Amritpal Singh was on the run since March 18. pic.twitter.com/ks9IOJIWIc

    — ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2023

    Amritpal Singh surrendered three days after his partner Kirandeep Kaur was held for questioning on the Amritsar airport whereas she was attempting to flee to London. Kirandeep Kaur, who was questioned by the customs division, was detained as a precautionary measure beneath the an identical licensed course of beneath which the family and acquaintances of the absconding accused are questioned.

    INTERVIEW | An armed battle is on a regular basis the ultimate selection, whether or not it’s imposed on us: Amritpal Singh

    In February, this yr an entire lot of supporters of Pro-Khalistan propagator and self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh had barged into the Ajnala Police Station near Amritsar and laid siege after clashing with the police personnel. 

    The 29-year-old’s supporters, a couple of of them brandishing swords and weapons, broke by means of barricades and stormed the police station demanding that Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan, an accused in a case involving kidnapping, be launched. Quite a lot of policemen had been injured via the battle, based mostly on officers.

    A case was registered in direction of Amritpal Singh and his 30 supporters for allegedly kidnapping and thrashing Barinder Singh, a resident of Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district.

    ALSO READ | NSA order in direction of radical preacher Amritpal Singh issued on Saturday: Police affidavit in HC

  • Amritpal Singh’s partner stopped, questioned at Amritsar airport sooner than boarding London flight

    By PTI

    AMRITSAR: Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s partner Kirandeep Kaur was stopped on the Sri Guru Ram Dass International Airport proper right here by immigration officers whereas she was trying to board a flight to London, sources said on Thursday.

    She was learnt to have been questioned by the immigration authorities, they said.

    Singh married Kaur, a UK-based NRI, in February this yr.

    Punjab Police officers refused to answer questions posed by media people on the airport.

    Amritpal and his associates have been booked under quite a lot of authorized cases related to spreading disharmony amongst classes, attempt to murder, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions throughout the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    On February 10, Singh acquired married to Kaur in a simple ceremony at Jallupur Khera, his native village in Amritsar.

    The ‘Anand Karaj’ (marriage as per Sikh rituals) was held with a restricted gathering of relations from all sides at a gurudwara in Baba Bakala in Amritsar.

    Singh had said {{that a}} marriage ceremony must be simple and urged of us to not delight in ‘show-off’ by splurging money on grand weddings.

    The preacher said his marriage was an occasion of reverse migration and launched that he and his partner would reside in Punjab.

    One month on, no sight of Amritpal moreover in CCTV footage

    Radical preacher Amritpal Singh has managed to remain elusive even a month after the Punjab police launched a crackdown following the storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure the discharge of an arrested affiliate.

    escaped the police dragnet twice — first on March 18 in Jalandhar district by switching autos after which as soon as extra on March 28 in Hoshiarpur when he returned to Punjab alongside alongside along with his key affiliate Papalpreet Singh.

    Papalpreet, who’s taken under consideration to be Amritpal’s mentor and who has allegedly been in contact with Pakistan’s ISI, has been arrested.

    Several cases have been lodged in opposition to the Khalistan sympathizer and his associates for allegedly spreading disharmony, attempt to murder, assault on police personnel and obstructing the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    Despite being sighted in quite a lot of CCTV footage and pictures with modified appearances at many places, along with Patiala, Kurukshetra and Delhi, the novel preacher continued to hoodwink the police.

    While on the run, two motion pictures and one audio clip of Amritpal surfaced on social media.

    In thought-about considered one of his two motion pictures, which surfaced on March 30, Amritpal asserted that he was not a fugitive and would shortly appear.

    The pro-Khalistan preacher had claimed that he was not like people who would flee the nation.

    There have been rumours that Amritpal could hand over on Baisakhi at Takht Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda, nonetheless that did not happen.

    Tight security preparations in the midst of the Baisakhi pageant at Talwandi Sabo, nonetheless, earned the wrath of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh who accused the Punjab authorities of trying to create panic.

    Police claimed that security was deployed for the consolation and safety of devotees.

    The Jathedar of Akal Takht, the easiest temporal seat of Sikhs, had even requested the fugitive preacher to surrender sooner than the police and cooperate with the investigation.

    The enchantment, nonetheless, fell on deaf ears.

    Police continued to go searching his potential hideouts, the latest being in Haryana’s Sirsa a few days up to now.

    Earlier, searches have been moreover carried out in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

    Recently, Punjab Police pasted posters of Amritpal at railway stations in Batala and Amritsar, asserting that a suitable reward may be given to anyone who provides credible particulars about his whereabouts.

    On April 15, police managed to nab Amritpal’s shut aide Joga Singh from Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib.

    According to them, Joga Singh was in direct contact with Amritpal and had even organized a shelter and autos for him in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit.

    It was Joga Singh who launched Amritpal and his aide Papalpreet once more to Punjab on March 28.

    Nine of Amritpal’s aides — Daljit Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla — have been lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam and charged under the stringent National Security Act.

    Ahead of the Baisakhi pageant, Punjab police chief Gaurav Yadav had said that these wanted by the laws should bear the strategy of laws.

    Amid tales that Amritpal may want taken shelter at a non secular place, the best police officer had said that religious places should not be misused.

    The 29-year-old Amritpal Singh was closing yr anointed the head of ‘Waris Punjab De’, the organisation primarily based by actor and activist Deep Sidhu in February closing yr.

    AMRITSAR: Fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s partner Kirandeep Kaur was stopped on the Sri Guru Ram Dass International Airport proper right here by immigration officers whereas she was trying to board a flight to London, sources said on Thursday.

    She was learnt to have been questioned by the immigration authorities, they said.

    Singh married Kaur, a UK-based NRI, in February this yr.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Punjab Police officers refused to answer questions posed by media people on the airport.

    Amritpal and his associates have been booked under quite a lot of authorized cases related to spreading disharmony amongst classes, attempt to murder, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions throughout the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    On February 10, Singh acquired married to Kaur in a simple ceremony at Jallupur Khera, his native village in Amritsar.

    The ‘Anand Karaj’ (marriage as per Sikh rituals) was held with a restricted gathering of relations from all sides at a gurudwara in Baba Bakala in Amritsar.

    Singh had said {{that a}} marriage ceremony must be simple and urged of us to not delight in ‘show-off’ by splurging money on grand weddings.

    The preacher said his marriage was an occasion of reverse migration and launched that he and his partner would reside in Punjab.

    One month on, no sight of Amritpal moreover in CCTV footage

    Radical preacher Amritpal Singh has managed to remain elusive even a month after the Punjab police launched a crackdown following the storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure the discharge of an arrested affiliate.

    escaped the police dragnet twice — first on March 18 in Jalandhar district by switching autos after which as soon as extra on March 28 in Hoshiarpur when he returned to Punjab alongside alongside along with his key affiliate Papalpreet Singh.

    Papalpreet, who’s taken under consideration to be Amritpal’s mentor and who has allegedly been in contact with Pakistan’s ISI, has been arrested.

    Several cases have been lodged in opposition to the Khalistan sympathizer and his associates for allegedly spreading disharmony, attempt to murder, assault on police personnel and obstructing the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    Despite being sighted in quite a lot of CCTV footage and pictures with modified appearances at many places, along with Patiala, Kurukshetra and Delhi, the novel preacher continued to hoodwink the police.

    While on the run, two motion pictures and one audio clip of Amritpal surfaced on social media.

    In thought-about considered one of his two motion pictures, which surfaced on March 30, Amritpal asserted that he was not a fugitive and would shortly appear.

    The pro-Khalistan preacher had claimed that he was not like people who would flee the nation.

    There have been rumours that Amritpal could hand over on Baisakhi at Takht Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda, nonetheless that did not happen.

    Tight security preparations in the midst of the Baisakhi pageant at Talwandi Sabo, nonetheless, earned the wrath of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh who accused the Punjab authorities of trying to create panic.

    Police claimed that security was deployed for the consolation and safety of devotees.

    The Jathedar of Akal Takht, the easiest temporal seat of Sikhs, had even requested the fugitive preacher to surrender sooner than the police and cooperate with the investigation.

    The enchantment, nonetheless, fell on deaf ears.

    Police continued to go searching his potential hideouts, the latest being in Haryana’s Sirsa a few days up to now.

    Earlier, searches have been moreover carried out in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

    Recently, Punjab Police pasted posters of Amritpal at railway stations in Batala and Amritsar, asserting that a suitable reward may be given to anyone who provides credible particulars about his whereabouts.

    On April 15, police managed to nab Amritpal’s shut aide Joga Singh from Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib.

    According to them, Joga Singh was in direct contact with Amritpal and had even organized a shelter and autos for him in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit.

    It was Joga Singh who launched Amritpal and his aide Papalpreet once more to Punjab on March 28.

    Nine of Amritpal’s aides — Daljit Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla — have been lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam and charged under the stringent National Security Act.

    Ahead of the Baisakhi pageant, Punjab police chief Gaurav Yadav had said that these wanted by the laws should bear the strategy of laws.

    Amid tales that Amritpal may want taken shelter at a non secular place, the best police officer had said that religious places should not be misused.

    The 29-year-old Amritpal Singh was closing yr anointed the head of ‘Waris Punjab De’, the organisation primarily based by actor and activist Deep Sidhu in February closing yr.

  • Joga Singh, aide of fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, arrested: Punjab police

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab police have arrested a key aide of radical preacher Amritpal Singh for allegedly providing shelter and completely different assist to the absconding Khalistan sympathiser in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.

    Joga Singh, who’s a resident of Ludhiana and is managing a ‘dera’ in Pilibhit, was coming to Punjab from Haryana, a senior police official talked about on Saturday, together with the police have been on his path.

    “Joga Singh was in direct contact with Amritpal Singh. He arranged shelter and vehicles for Amritpal Singh. He arranged for him to stay in Pilibhit and then return to Punjab,” Deputy Inspector General (Border Range) Narinder Bhargav talked about at a press conference.

    Earlier, police talked about two further males have been arrested for allegedly harbouring Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run after police launched a crackdown in direction of him remaining month.

    The arrested males have been acknowledged as Rajdeep Singh of Babak village in Hoshiarpur district and Sarbjit Singh of Jalandhar district, the police talked about.

    Both Rajdeep Singh and Sarbjit Singh have been produced sooner than the duty Justice of the Peace on Friday night and despatched to one-day police remand.

    ALSO READ | Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide Papalpreet lodged in Dibrugarh jail

    The police launched a critical crackdown in direction of Amritpal Singh and members of his ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit remaining month.

    The Khalistan sympathiser, who’s however to be nabbed, escaped the police’s internet inside the Jalandhar district on March 18, switching autos and altering his look.

    CHANDIGARH: Punjab police have arrested a key aide of radical preacher Amritpal Singh for allegedly providing shelter and completely different assist to the absconding Khalistan sympathiser in Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.

    Joga Singh, who’s a resident of Ludhiana and is managing a ‘dera’ in Pilibhit, was coming to Punjab from Haryana, a senior police official talked about on Saturday, together with the police have been on his path.

    “Joga Singh was in direct contact with Amritpal Singh. He arranged shelter and vehicles for Amritpal Singh. He arranged for him to stay in Pilibhit and then return to Punjab,” Deputy Inspector General (Border Range) Narinder Bhargav talked about at a press conference.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Earlier, police talked about two further males have been arrested for allegedly harbouring Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run after police launched a crackdown in direction of him remaining month.

    The arrested males have been acknowledged as Rajdeep Singh of Babak village in Hoshiarpur district and Sarbjit Singh of Jalandhar district, the police talked about.

    Both Rajdeep Singh and Sarbjit Singh have been produced sooner than the duty Justice of the Peace on Friday night and despatched to one-day police remand.

    ALSO READ | Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s aide Papalpreet lodged in Dibrugarh jail

    The police launched a critical crackdown in direction of Amritpal Singh and members of his ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit remaining month.

    The Khalistan sympathiser, who’s however to be nabbed, escaped the police’s internet inside the Jalandhar district on March 18, switching autos and altering his look.

  • Amritpal Singh seen in Pilibhit’s Gurdwara? There is a chance of hiding in Meerut… UP police additionally alerted

    Pilibhit: Khalistan supporter and founding father of Waris Punjab De group Amritpal Singh has come to the discover of Amritpal Singh staying at a Gurudwara in Pilibhit. The absconding chief is being searched in lots of areas of the nation. The matter of his coming in direction of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand has come to the fore. Continuous raids are happening in UP and Uttarakhand in quest of Amritpal. On the opposite hand, the newest case has come about Amritpal hiding in a gurudwara in Pilibhit. In this case, it’s being claimed that Amritpal has been seen within the CCTV footage of the gurdwara. Amritpal and his affiliate Papalpreet Singh, who’re absconding from Punjab, are being claimed to be hiding in Pilibhit’s Mohanpur gurdwara. A group of safety businesses from Lucknow reached Pilibhit relating to this matter. The CCTV footage was examined by the safety businesses. Officials discovered that Amritpal and Papalpreet, lacking from Punjab, have been on the gurdwara until the night of March 25. However, the matter of lacking CCTV footage can be being stated now.

    Joga Singh has been arrested
    An deserted automobile was recovered on March 28 close to Phagwara in Punjab. In this case, Joga Singh, the kar sevak of the gurdwara, was arrested on 30 March. The police have additionally arrested the driving force of the automobile, Gurwant Singh. On behalf of the safety businesses, from March 26, the information retrieval and recording of the CCTV cameras have been began.

    On examination of the CCTV footage, it has been discovered {that a} automobile registered within the title of Jathedar, the pinnacle of Pilibhit’s Badhpura Gurdwara, was parked within the premises. It is suspected that Joga helped Amritpal attain Punjab from Pilibhit on this automotive.

    Vigil has been elevated in Meerut
    The dialogue about Amritpal absconding from Punjab reaching Meerut has additionally heated up. The Punjab Police is tenting in Meerut for the reason that matter got here to the fore. The police group is repeatedly interrogating the suspects and people who helped Amritpal in any method. An auto driver has additionally been questioned on this sequence.

    It is being claimed that Amritpal traveled in an auto from Begumpul to Daurana. The auto driver was summoned by the Punjab Police. Later the police reached his home and inquired. Told Amritpal to experience in his auto. However, the auto driver has stated that he’s not conscious of this.

  • Now, a ‘weak’ Amritpal says he will get to eat one meal a day

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH:  A purported audio clip of Amritpal Singh has surfaced a day after he issued a video clip. The unverified audio clip containing the voice of the preacher asks the Akal Takht Jathedar to name a Sarbat Khalsa (mass gathering of the neighborhood) and validate his place. He additionally says his well being is down, as he has one meal in 24 hours. 

    In the night one more video surfaced wherein Amritpal talks about Khalsa Vehir (spiritual procession) from Akal Takht in Amritsar to Damdama Sahib (Talwandi Sabo/Bathinda). The police on Tuesday night time launched a search in a village in Hoshiarpur and adjoining areas.

    The police stated they have been in search of a white Swift automotive with the quantity ‘8168’ wherein he may have allegedly fled. Meanwhile, the Punjab authorities has knowledgeable the Akal Takht that 348 of the 360 folks taken into preventive custody throughout a police crackdown towards the unconventional preacher have been launched. 

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    CHANDIGARH:  A purported audio clip of Amritpal Singh has surfaced a day after he issued a video clip. The unverified audio clip containing the voice of the preacher asks the Akal Takht Jathedar to name a Sarbat Khalsa (mass gathering of the neighborhood) and validate his place. He additionally says his well being is down, as he has one meal in 24 hours. 

    In the night one more video surfaced wherein Amritpal talks about Khalsa Vehir (spiritual procession) from Akal Takht in Amritsar to Damdama Sahib (Talwandi Sabo/Bathinda). The police on Tuesday night time launched a search in a village in Hoshiarpur and adjoining areas.

    The police stated they have been in search of a white Swift automotive with the quantity ‘8168’ wherein he may have allegedly fled. Meanwhile, the Punjab authorities has knowledgeable the Akal Takht that 348 of the 360 folks taken into preventive custody throughout a police crackdown towards the unconventional preacher have been launched. googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

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    Will quickly seem earlier than world, says Amritpal Singh in new video

    Amritpal Singh’s aide Varinder booked below Arms Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar

    In new video, Amritpal says he’s positive, requires Sarbat Khalsa on Baisakhi

  • Will quickly seem earlier than world, says Amritpal Singh in new video 

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: A day after daring the Punjab police to arrest him, radical preacher Amritpal Singh surfaced in a recent video on Thursday, asserting he was not a fugitive and would quickly seem earlier than the world.

    The purported video surfaced hours after his audio clip got here out on social media during which he debunked hypothesis he was negotiating his give up.

    “Those who feel that I have turned fugitive and I have left my associates, they should not keep this illusion in their mind. I do not fear death,” he stated within the video in Punjabi.

    “And soon will appear before the world and will also be amongst the ‘Sangat’,” he stated.

    Police have stepped up safety in and round Amritsar and Bathinda amid stories that Amritpal Singh could give up after getting into any of the 2 Sikh shrines – Golden Temple in Amritsar and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Bathinda.

    The pro-Khalistan preacher stated he was not like those that would flee the nation.

    “One has to face a lot during the days of rebellion. These days of rebellion are difficult to pass,” he stated.

    It was his second video since being on the run amid a police crackdown on his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.

    The police motion started on March 18, weeks after Amritpal Singh’s supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala, close to Amritsar, to safe the discharge of considered one of his associates.

    The preacher escaped the police web in Jalandhar district by switching autos and altering appearances a number of instances.

    In the primary video, which appeared on social media on Wednesday, he requested the Jathedar of Akal Takht, the best temporal physique of Sikhs, to summon a congregation to debate points regarding the group.

    He and his associates have been booked underneath a number of prison instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst courses, try and homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

    CHANDIGARH: A day after daring the Punjab police to arrest him, radical preacher Amritpal Singh surfaced in a recent video on Thursday, asserting he was not a fugitive and would quickly seem earlier than the world.

    The purported video surfaced hours after his audio clip got here out on social media during which he debunked hypothesis he was negotiating his give up.

    “Those who feel that I have turned fugitive and I have left my associates, they should not keep this illusion in their mind. I do not fear death,” he stated within the video in Punjabi.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “And soon will appear before the world and will also be amongst the ‘Sangat’,” he stated.

    Police have stepped up safety in and round Amritsar and Bathinda amid stories that Amritpal Singh could give up after getting into any of the 2 Sikh shrines – Golden Temple in Amritsar and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Bathinda.

    The pro-Khalistan preacher stated he was not like those that would flee the nation.

    “One has to face a lot during the days of rebellion. These days of rebellion are difficult to pass,” he stated.

    It was his second video since being on the run amid a police crackdown on his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’.

    The police motion started on March 18, weeks after Amritpal Singh’s supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala, close to Amritsar, to safe the discharge of considered one of his associates.

    The preacher escaped the police web in Jalandhar district by switching autos and altering appearances a number of instances.

    In the primary video, which appeared on social media on Wednesday, he requested the Jathedar of Akal Takht, the best temporal physique of Sikhs, to summon a congregation to debate points regarding the group.

    He and his associates have been booked underneath a number of prison instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst courses, try and homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

  • Amritpal Singh’s aide Varinder booked below Arms Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar

    By PTI

    KISHTWAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday booked Varinder Singh, suspected to be the bodyguard of the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, below the Arms Act in reference to a gun licence issued to him in Kishtwar district, officers mentioned.

    The district administration additionally cancelled Varinder Singh’s licence, and mentioned it can probe how the previous military jawan, who was sacked in 2015, procured the licence in 2014 after which saved getting it renewed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

    Police mentioned Varinder Singh, also referred to as Fauji, was a part of a personal safety arrange for radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who’s on the run.

    A video not too long ago confirmed Varinder Singh, the bodyguard of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, opening fireplace within the air.

    After the clip appeared, the Punjab Police arrested him final week, slapped the National Security Act on him and lodged him in a jail in faraway Assam.

    ALSO READ | In new video, Amritpal says he’s effective, requires Sarbat Khalsa on Baisakhi

    Kishtwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khalil Poswal advised PTI on Thursday that there was additionally a necessity to analyze how Varinder Singh obtained the licence.

    “Accordingly, we have lodged an FIR under number 52/2023 under section 3/25/30 Arms Act and provisions of IPC registered in police station Kishtwar,” he mentioned.

    He additional mentioned that police has conveyed the small print of the case to Punjab Police and sought paperwork from them.

    “We will seek the presence of that person. He (Varinder Singh) will be brought here to conduct an investigation and to find out how he reached here and how he got his license from here.”

    Giving additional particulars, he mentioned that the gun license was issued to him in 2014 from Kishtwar Deputy Magistrate (DM) workplace.

    He mentioned the CID wing of the Punjab Police not too long ago wrote to the DM Kishtwar that there was misuse of his gun license.

    “The matter was activated and Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar cancelled gun license,” the SSP mentioned.

    Poswal mentioned that police must verify below which circumstances the gun license was issued to him within the first place as his military unit was by no means posted right here in Kishtwar.

    “He was a jawan of the 96 regiments and was terminated in 2015. After issuance, his gun licence was getting renewed. The licence has been validated till 2025 from Ramban, Reasi, Baramulla and Kathua. There is a need to investigate the case,” the SSP mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Close to catching Amritpal, says Punjab govt as fugitive preacher noticed with out turban

    As for verification by the Police earlier than granting a gun license to him, he mentioned that there was a letter from then commandant to DM.

    “On that certificate, the gun licence was issued. There was certification or verification by Police in Kishtwar in this case,” the SSP mentioned.

    Amritpal Singh, in the meantime, stays elusive because the police crackdown in opposition to him and members of his pro-Khalistan ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit started 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 internet in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching automobiles and altering appearances.

    He and his associates have been booked below a number of prison instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst lessons, makes an attempt to homicide, assaults on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of responsibility by public servants.

    KISHTWAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday booked Varinder Singh, suspected to be the bodyguard of the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, below the Arms Act in reference to a gun licence issued to him in Kishtwar district, officers mentioned.

    The district administration additionally cancelled Varinder Singh’s licence, and mentioned it can probe how the previous military jawan, who was sacked in 2015, procured the licence in 2014 after which saved getting it renewed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

    Police mentioned Varinder Singh, also referred to as Fauji, was a part of a personal safety arrange for radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who’s on the run.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    A video not too long ago confirmed Varinder Singh, the bodyguard of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, opening fireplace within the air.

    After the clip appeared, the Punjab Police arrested him final week, slapped the National Security Act on him and lodged him in a jail in faraway Assam.

    ALSO READ | In new video, Amritpal says he’s effective, requires Sarbat Khalsa on Baisakhi

    Kishtwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khalil Poswal advised PTI on Thursday that there was additionally a necessity to analyze how Varinder Singh obtained the licence.

    “Accordingly, we have lodged an FIR under number 52/2023 under section 3/25/30 Arms Act and provisions of IPC registered in police station Kishtwar,” he mentioned.

    He additional mentioned that police has conveyed the small print of the case to Punjab Police and sought paperwork from them.

    “We will seek the presence of that person. He (Varinder Singh) will be brought here to conduct an investigation and to find out how he reached here and how he got his license from here.”

    Giving additional particulars, he mentioned that the gun license was issued to him in 2014 from Kishtwar Deputy Magistrate (DM) workplace.

    He mentioned the CID wing of the Punjab Police not too long ago wrote to the DM Kishtwar that there was misuse of his gun license.

    “The matter was activated and Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar cancelled gun license,” the SSP mentioned.

    Poswal mentioned that police must verify below which circumstances the gun license was issued to him within the first place as his military unit was by no means posted right here in Kishtwar.

    “He was a jawan of the 96 regiments and was terminated in 2015. After issuance, his gun licence was getting renewed. The licence has been validated till 2025 from Ramban, Reasi, Baramulla and Kathua. There is a need to investigate the case,” the SSP mentioned.

    ALSO READ | Close to catching Amritpal, says Punjab govt as fugitive preacher noticed with out turban

    As for verification by the Police earlier than granting a gun license to him, he mentioned that there was a letter from then commandant to DM.

    “On that certificate, the gun licence was issued. There was certification or verification by Police in Kishtwar in this case,” the SSP mentioned.

    Amritpal Singh, in the meantime, stays elusive because the police crackdown in opposition to him and members of his pro-Khalistan ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit started 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 internet in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching automobiles and altering appearances.

    He and his associates have been booked below a number of prison instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst lessons, makes an attempt to homicide, assaults on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of responsibility by public servants.