Hoshiarpur (Punjab): Punjab Police has arrested three men including a lawyer for allegedly harbouring absconding radical Sikh preacher and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, officials said on Saturday. Police have also recovered two pistols from them. The arrested accused have been identified as lawyer Rajdeep Singh of Babak village in Hoshiarpur district, Sarbjit Singh of Jalandhar district, and Unkar Nath Singh who hails from Tud Kala village of Jalandhar.
As per officials, both the accused arrested were produced before the duty magistrate on Friday night and sent to one-day police remand. Sources said that the accused duo received Rs 90,000 from a Canada based NRI to hand over the money to Amritpal. Earlier, police had arrested two brothers from Hoshiarpur for allegedly facilitating the escape of Amritpal following police crackdown.
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The arrest of the three accused on Friday comes amid a high alert over unconfirmed reports about Amritpal's “surrender” before the Punjab Police on the occasion of Baisakhi. Amritpal Singh, the head of the pro-Khalistan outfit Waris Punjab De, remains elusive after Punjab police launched a massive crackdown against the Khalistan outfit on Mar. 18.
The operation was launched after Amritpal led violent storming of Ajnala police station in Amritsar. The por-Khalistan supporters stormed into the police station to secure the release of Waris Punjab De leader Lovepreet Singh Toofan. Pertinently, Toofan too remains absconding since the operation was launched against Amritpal.
The operation against Amritpal has led to a diplomatic war between India and the UK after pro-Khalistan supporters stormed into the Indian High Commission in London and took down the tricolor atop the High Commission. In a retaliatory action, the Indian government had removed the security barricades outside the British High Commission in New Delhi.
Pertinently, Amritpal is believed to have been seen in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan bordering Punjab. Rajasthan Police on Wednesday night launched a massive search operation in Hanumangarh district and nearby areas following specific inputs about the presence of Amritpal there.
