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CHANDIGARH: The Indian government has requested the Nepal government not to allow pro-Khalistanactivist and chief of ‘Waris Punjab De’ Amritpal Singh who is believed to be hiding in Nepal to flee to a third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian passport or any other fake passport. Thus Nepal has put the radical sikh preacher on surveillance list.
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the Nepalese government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal. The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the concerned agencies from hotels to airlines, as Singh is said to be possessing multiple passports with him, said sources.
It is learnt that after Nepal received request from India embassy the Immigration department of the neighboring country has put Amritpal on its surveillance. As it was suspected that he had entered Nepal and was hiding somewhere around.
Meanwhile the Punjab Police today arrested yet another gunman Varinder Singh Johal alias `Fauji’ of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh in relation to the Ajnala violence case.
Johal who is a dismissed army jawan was early today morning arrested by the Taran Taran Police as he belongs to Raju Singh Wala village in the district. The police have invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against him and he was then sent to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
Confirming his arrest, a senior police official said that said the accused had been working as a gunman of Amritpal Singh for some time and is dismissed army jawan. He was on the run after the radical leader had vanished and was caught today by the Taran Taran Police and handed over to Amritsar (Rural) Police.
Earlier Johal’s arm license issued from Jammu and Kashmir was cancelled after the Punjab Government took up the matter with their J&K counterparts in view of the Ajnala violence.
He was among the 10 gunmen who accompanied Amritpal all the time.
CHANDIGARH: The Indian government has requested the Nepal government not to allow pro-Khalistan
activist and chief of ‘Waris Punjab De’ Amritpal Singh who is believed to be hiding in Nepal to flee to a third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian passport or any other fake passport. Thus Nepal has put the radical sikh preacher on surveillance list.
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the Nepalese government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal. The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the concerned agencies from hotels to airlines, as Singh is said to be possessing multiple passports with him, said sources.
It is learnt that after Nepal received request from India embassy the Immigration department of the neighboring country has put Amritpal on its surveillance. As it was suspected that he had entered Nepal and was hiding somewhere around.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Meanwhile the Punjab Police today arrested yet another gunman Varinder Singh Johal alias `Fauji’ of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh in relation to the Ajnala violence case.
Johal who is a dismissed army jawan was early today morning arrested by the Taran Taran Police as he belongs to Raju Singh Wala village in the district. The police have invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against him and he was then sent to Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
Confirming his arrest, a senior police official said that said the accused had been working as a gunman of Amritpal Singh for some time and is dismissed army jawan. He was on the run after the radical leader had vanished and was caught today by the Taran Taran Police and handed over to Amritsar (Rural) Police.
Earlier Johal’s arm license issued from Jammu and Kashmir was cancelled after the Punjab Government took up the matter with their J&K counterparts in view of the Ajnala violence.
He was among the 10 gunmen who accompanied Amritpal all the time.
