Tejinder Singh aka Gorkha Baba was arrested on Friday (File)
Chandigarh:
Punjab Police on Sunday arrested Balwant Singh, from Khanna metropolis in Ludhiana district of Punjab, the person who had harboured Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh’s shut aide Tejinder Singh Gill.
Khanna Police stated that they’ve arrested Balwant Singh, the one who harboured Amritpal Singh’s shut aide Tejinder Singh Gill.
“His questioning is underway,” police stated, including that no connection between Amritpal Singh and Balwant Singh has been discovered but.
Tejinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba, the core crew member of Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, the Khanna Police on Friday launched incriminating movies recovered from the cell phone of Gorkha.
The chief of Waris Punjab De remains to be escaping the State police’s dragnet. Amritpal Singh was declared a fugitive on the day, Punjab Police launched a crackdown in opposition to him and his pro-Khalistan outfit.
Punjab Police on Saturday appealed to folks to not imagine in rumours and pretend information of the arrest of radical preacher Amritpal Singh, which is being circulated on social media.
Speaking at a press briefing on Saturday, Bathinda SSP Gulneet Khurana stated, “We urge people not to believe the fake reports of the arrest of Amritpal Singh that are being widely circulated on social media.”
He blamed the pretend experiences on “rumour mongers” primarily based within the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.
“A few people sitting in the UK, US, and Canada are spreading false news on social media that Amritpal is being tortured (in custody),” the SSP added.
He added, “BSF companies along with police personnel and 140 security personnel from Bahadurgarh are currently deployed in Bathinda to ensure peace.”
An alert was sounded in Uttarakhand over the potential for radical preacher Amritpal Singh coming into the state, knowledgeable Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) V Murugesan on Saturday morning.
Murugesan added that he had acquired inputs from the Punjab Police that the pro-Khalistan chief, who fled Punjab within the wake of the crackdown on Waris Punjab De, might enter Uttarakhand from Haryana.
He informed ANI that checks and searches are underway and a safety alert has gone out in locations by way of which he can enter the state.
The officer added that the district police have additionally been alerted and vigilance stepped up on the borders.
Tejinder Singh aka Gorkha Baba, a resident of Punjab’s Mangewal village was arrested on Friday.
“Tejinder often lived with Amritpal and is involved in the Ajnala case as well. Gorkha Baba used to be Amritpal’s gunman for a long time. He was also active on social media, and his pictures along with weapons used to surface on social media. After which a separate case was registered against Tejinder in Malaud police station”, DSP Payal Harsimrat Singh informed ANI.
The police knowledgeable that motion has been taken in opposition to him underneath sections 107/151 of the Indian Penal Code (IPS).
“Two other people accompanying Tejinder have also been detained. They are being interrogated”, added the DSP.
The DSP stated that Tejinder had a historical past of felony instances, starting from struggle to liquor smuggling, registered in opposition to him and he had additionally served a sentence in jail.
On Friday, an alert was issued within the Dehradun, Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand, amid experiences of Amritpal attempting to enter the state.
A crew of Delhi Police and Punjab Police on Friday launched a search operation for Amritpal in Delhi and its border in view of the potential for him coming into the nationwide capital.
However, Delhi Police later stated Waris Punjab De chief might have left the nationwide capital.
On March 18, Punjab Police launched an operation in opposition to Amritpal and his aides. The crackdown got here nearly over three weeks after Amritpal’s supporters clashed with uniformed personnel on the Ajnala police station on February 23, on the outskirts of Amritsar, demanding the discharge of one in all his shut aides, Lovepreet Toofan.
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