Assam: Amritpal Singh arrested from Punjab’s Moga, shifted to Dibrugarh jail

Guwahati: Fugitive ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh was arrested from Rhode village in Punjab’s Moga’s on early Sunday morning, police said.

According to reports, the pro-Khalistani leader is being shifted to upper Assam’s Dibrugarh jail where other members of his outfit are already lodged.

According to reports, Punjab Police arrested Amritpal Singh after he surrendered before cops at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Sant Khalsa of Rode village.  He has been arrested under the National Security Act (NSA).

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Amritpal Singh addressed a gathering at the Gurdwara in Rode village of Moga district before his arrest.

At least six cases were registered against him in Amritsar Rural and Jalandhar Rural police districts.

Amritpal had been absconding since March 18, the day on which a huge crackdown was launched against him and his associates in Punjab.

On April 21, Amritpal Singh’s wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped from boarding a flight to London at the Sri Guru Ram Dass International Airport and sent back to her husband’s home in Amritsar’s Jallupur Khera.

Singh married Kaur, a UK-based Non-Resident Indian, on February 10.