Another aide detained under NSA, fresh Amritpal Singh photo surfaces
The Hindu
A new picture of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced Monday on social media as another close associate of the radical preacher was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA).
A new picture of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced Monday on social media as another close associate of the radical preacher was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA).
Amritpal Singh has remained untraceable since a police crackdown against him and members of his ‘Waris Punjab De’ began in Punjab on March 18.
Officials said the picture was taken a day after the police operation against the Khalistan sympathiser began. Both men looked relaxed; Amritpal Singh is seen holding a beverage can.
In another development, Amritpal's Singh’s close associate Varinder Singh alias Fauji was nabbed by the Amritsar Rural police.
He was part of the private security set for the preacher, police said.
A senior police official said the National Security Act has been invoked against Varinder Singh and he was being sent to the Dibrugarh Jail in Assam, where some alleged Amritpal Singh associates are already being held under the NSA.
Papalpreet Singh, who appears in the picture, is said to be Amritpal Singh’s mentor. He was allegedly in contact with Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.