Amritpal Singh News LIVE: Police Reveal Khalistani Leader Made Firing Range Near Village, Fled to Haryana on March 19

Punjab Police’s apparent miscalculation allowed radical preacher Amritpal Singh to avoid imminent arrest resulting in a chase that is still on since he escaped on March 18 and there is a possibility that he may have crossed the border to neighbouring Haryana, officials said Thursday. READ MORE

Four persons were arrested on Thursday, a day after a rally was taken out in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur by a group of people allegedly in support of wanted pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, an official said.

Punjab Police Thursday flagged a cross-border link and involvement of radical preacher Amritpal Singh in “anti-national” activities as it sounded an alert about the fugitive Khalistan preacher in all the states.

In the case of radical pro-Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh’s manhunt, the Punjab Police on Thursday said, “There were videos which show that Amritpal’s group were doing firing practice near Jallupur Khera. Some footage and pictures show that they have made holograms of Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF). There were some videos of the loading and unloading of weapons,” he said.

IGP Shubhman Singh Gill on Thursday revealed that radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh made a firing range near his village in Amritsar’s Jallupur Khera, and it also found pictures of Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF), a militia allegedly being formed by the pro-Khalistani preacher.

According to inspector general of police Sukhchain Singh Gill, pictures were found in the device recovered from Tejinder Singh Gill aka Gorkha Baba, Amritpal’s gunman, who was arrested earlier today from Khanna area, a Hindustan Times report said.

Amritpal Singh, who apparently escaped on a two-wheeler after the Punjab Police chased him in Jalandhar on March 22, has upset one of his associate, who said he was “running like a coward”. In an audio message, accessed by CNN-News18, Amritpal’s associate Harjit Singh is urging Pappal Preet, who reportedly helped the Waris Punjab De chief flee, to tell Amritpal to surrender before the police. READ MORE

Radical Sikh preacher and pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh managed to travel nearly 200 km since Punjab Police first intercepted him near Jalandhar and had exited Punjab on March 19 despite the highest security vigil and alert in the state, police said on Thursday. READ MORE

The Haryana Police on Thursday revealed that radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh had escaped to Kurukshetra in Haryana, where he was harboured by a woman at her home. She was arrested and handed over Punjab Police today. ““We have nabbed the woman, Baljit Kaur, who harboured Amritpal and his associate Papalpreet Singh at her home in Shahabad on Sunday,” Police said.

The Punjab government Thursday extended the suspension of mobile internet and SMS services in Tarn Taran and Ferozepur districts till Friday noon while lifting the curbs in Moga, Sangrur, Ajnala sub-division in Amritsar and a few areas in Mohali.

Haryana Police have arrested a woman who allegedly harboured Amritpal Singh and his associate Papalpreet Singh at her home in Kurukshetra district, an indication that the pro-Khalistan preacher might have fled Punjab. “We have nabbed the woman, Baljit Kaur, who harboured Amritpal and his associate Papalpreet Singh at her home in Shahabad on Sunday. The woman has been handed over to Punjab Police,” Kurukshetra Superintendent of Police Surinder Singh Bhoria told PTI over phone.

Tejinder Gill used to display weapons in pictures and videos on social media without having an arms licence. An FIR against him has been registered under IPC Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), the  Punjab DSP said.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said police will probe a rally held in capital Raipur a day earlier allegedly in support of wanted pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel told the Assembly that anti-national activities would not be tolerated in the state and asked police to examine video footage of the rally and take action accordingly.

After Punjab, Uttarakhand has been put on high alert since pro-Khalistani hardliner Amritpal Singh is still at large. Additional Director General of Police (ADG) V Murugeshan has ordered district police teams to beef up security, particularly at the border adjoining Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Amritpal Singh Case Update: In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police has arrested Tejinder Singh, a key associate and Amripal Singh who used to work as his gunman. Tejinder Singh alias Gorkha Baba is a resident of Khanna and often lived with Amritpal.

He used to be Amritpal’s gunman.

Punjab government has extended the internet ban in Tarn Taran and Ferozepur districts till March 24 as the manhunt for Amritpal Singh continues.

A notification by Punjab government said: “All mobile internet services, all SMS services (except banking & mobile recharge) & all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except the voice call, shall continue to remain suspended in the districts Tarn Taran and Ferozepur, till March 24 (12:00 hours) in the interest of public safety”.

Amritpal Singh’s aides who were presented before Baba Bakala court in Amritsar on Thursday have been sent to judicial custody.

Some arrested aides of Amritpal Singh were presented before Baba Bakala court in Punjab Amritsar.