AMN / WEB DESK
Punjab police have arrested Amritpal Singh, leader of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ organisation from a gurudwara at Rode village, Moga district in Punjab. He was on a run since March this year and police had been trying hard to arrest him. Many of his aides had already been detained recently and had been interrogated and sent to Dibrugarh jail.
Punjab police through its Twitter handle has confirmed the arrest of Amritpal Singh from the Moga district of Punjab today in the wee hours. Police also have urged the people to maintain peace and harmony in the State. It also asked not to believe in any fake news.
Amritpal is being shifted to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail, where eight of his aides are already being held under the National Security Act (NSA).
The IG said Amritpal was arrested at 6:45 am from Rode. “We had special inputs that he was hiding in Rode village gurdwara. Police had surrounded the village but we didn’t enter the gurdwara as the maryada of a religious place is supreme for us. Amritpal courted arrest as he had no place to run,” said Sukhchain Singh.
Punjab Police, its Intelligence wing, as well as local units from Amritsar Rural and Moga were involved in the operation, he added. No one other than Amritpal was arrested today, he revealed. “He is being taken to Dibrugarh, Assam, and further action will be taken as per the law,” said the IG.
The Punjab Police had launched a crackdown on Amritpal and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’ on March 18, a month after his supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala.
The pro-Khalistan activist was on the run for 36 days.