Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh arrested, sent to Assam jail
The Punjab Police has already invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against the Khalistan sympathizer. The police on March 18 had launched a major crackdown against Amritpal Singh and members of his outfit 'Waris Punjab De'. The Punjab police arrested Amritpal Singh in Moga’s Rode village early Sunday, ending an over a month-long manhunt against the radical preacher who styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The preacher was taken into custody at 6.45 am as he came out — in the traditional attire that included a sheathed sword — of the gurdwara in Rode, Bhindranwale’s native village and also the place where he himself took over last year as the chief of Waris Punjab De. The 29-year-old was detained under the stringent National Security Act and flown to Assam on a special flight to be lodged at the Dibrugarh Central Jail, where nine other associates picked up over the past several weeks are kept. Shortly after his arrest, a video ...