Punjab: Khalistani -Extremis Amritpal Singh's detention extended to stay in Dibrugarh jail under NSA for another year | Today news

The Punjab government has learned that it has decided to expand the detention of the Khalistani extreme and Khadoor Sahib Parliament Member Amritpal Singh under the National Security Act by a year, sources said on Friday. Thirty-two-year-old Singh is currently filed in a prison in Assam’s Dibrugarh and was held after his arrest on April 23, 2023 under the National Security Act (NSA), a PTI report states. The detention of the nine collaborators of Singh was not expanded by the state government. They were brought back to Punjab in groups from the Dibrugarh jail after their detention ended under the NSA. They were arrested in connection with the attack of the Ajnala police station in 2023. Who are these associates, they were identified as Basant Singh, Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke, Gurmeet Singh Gurmeet Bukkanwala, Sarabjeet Singh Kalsi Alias ​​Daljet Singh Kalsi, Gurinderpal Singh Aujla alias Guri Aujla, Harjeet Singh alias Chacha, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal alias Kulwant Singh, Farinder Johal and Pappalpreet Singh. What Amritpal Singh Amritpal Singh is, head of the “Waris Punjab de” outfit, has successfully disputed the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as an independent nominee of Khadoor Sahib in the Tarn Taran district. Amritpal, who styled himself after he killed Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was arrested from the Rode Village in the Moga district on April 23, 2023, after a month-long Manhunt. On 18 March 2023, the Khalistani extreme escaped the police net in the Jalandhar district by switching vehicles and changing its appearance. Punjab police launched the oppression after the Ajnala incident in February 23, 2023 in which Amritpal and his supporters, burning some of their swords and guns, allegedly broke through the barriers, burst into the police station on the outskirts of Amritsar and bumped with the cops for the release of his help. Amritpal and his assistants were discussed on charges of distributing disharmony between classes, attempt to kill, attack on police staff and the creation of the legal dismissal of duty by civil servants. First published: 18 Apr 2025, 23:19 IST