Amritpal Singh: his aides will probably be saved within the Dibrugarh Central Jail.
Guwahati:
In a extremely uncommon improvement amid the large co-ordinated motion between the Centre, Punjab, and Assam governments, towards Khalistani separatist chief Amritpal Singh, who continues to be on the run, 4 of his prime arrested aides have been flown to Dibrugarh in higher Assam by a particular plane, prime police sources stated. They will prone to be saved within the high-security Dibrugarh Central Jail.
The radical chief’s associates had been accompanied by a 30-member staff from Punjab Police, together with its Inspector General, Prisons.
The Dibrugarh District Collector, and the native Superintendent of Police, acquired the staff with excessive safety on the Mohanbari Airport.
Dibrugarh central jail is without doubt one of the oldest prisons in northeast India. It is closely fortified, and was used to carry prime militants through the peak of ULFA militancy in Assam.
Punjab Police have to date arrested 78 members of Amritpal Singh’s outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’, whereas a number of others have been detained for questioning, officers stated. His father has additionally been detained for questioning, and there is a huge deployment of police and paramilitary forces exterior his village, Jallupur Khaira, in Amritsar.
“Six to seven gunmen of Amritpal Singh are amongst these arrested by police,” stated Kuldeep Singh Chahal, Jalandhar Police Commissioner.
The self-styled preacher’s shut aide, Daljeet Singh Kalsi, who handles his funds, was additionally this morning arrested from Haryana’s Gurgaon.
Sources say Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had mentioned the plan to arrest Amritpal Singh with Home Minister Amit Shah in a gathering on March 2.