As the hunt for Khalistan supporter Amritpal Singh is still underway, the Punjab police has so far arrested over 110 supporters of the radical preacher. Meanwhile, the Central government has also asked BSF and SSB to remain alert on the border to foil any escape attempt by Amritpal.
Amritpal Singh news: "They are being accompanied by a 27-member Punjab Police team, including the IG Jail," the source added. They were received at Mohanbari Airport by the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Dibrugarh under tight security.
78 members of Waris Punjab De have been arrested by the police; many supporters have been detained; and interrogation is underway.
Amritpal Singh, head of Waris Punjab De organization has been declared absconder by Punjab Police and Punjab Police is conducting raids at various places to arrest him.
Amritpal Singh LIVE UPDATES: Jalandhar Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal confirmed that the radical leader had been declared a "fugitive". "Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh has been declared a fugitive. His 2 cars were seized and gunmen nabbed.
Punjab: A shopkeeper filed the case claiming that a customer came to his shop with a notebook on which mobile numbers were written. The shopkeeper found that the notebook was a hollybook.
Police said they received information that a boy named Navjoot Singh, a student of B.Tech's 2nd year was earlier stabbed with a knife.
On Thursday, Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh's supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of the Amritsar city over the release of Amritpal Singh's close aide Lovepreet Singh.
Tension gripped Ajnala border town in Amritsar after hundreds of supporters of Amritpal Singh, head of Waaris Punjab De, clashed with the police at the entrance of the Ajnala police station, protesting against the arrest of one of his associates.
Punjab: CBI registered a case against Jalandhar Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal after several allegations levelled against him.
Punjab: Two men linked to Khalistani group arrested after a buried exchange of fires in Amritsar. Delhi and Punjab police launched a joint operation against the banned group.
Punjab Police claimed it busted an extortion module having links with Babbar Khalsa terrorists. They arrested 13 accused and seized a huge cache of arms.
The major development came following CM Mann's tough stand against the "illegal" protest for an alleged corrupt official.
PCS officer Narinder Singh Dhaliwal, who was posted as regional transport authority in Ludhiana, was arrested on Friday by the vigilance bureau for allegedly taking bribes from transporters for sparing them challans for offending vehicles.
Punjab Police: This comes barely three days after the authorities busted a complex cross-border drug smuggling cartel by arresting its two kingpins and seizing 10 kg of heroin as well as a high-tech drone from them.
The bust comes as part of investigations into the rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack at Sarhali police station in Tarn Taran.
Punjab: According to an official statement, the operation was conducted under the direction of the Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
Taran Taran police station attack: A rocket-propelled grenade hit a police station, the second such attack in the state in the last seven months.
This was the second such attack in Punjab in the last seven months which poses serious question over law and order under the Mann government.
Punjab: Police have been registering FIRs against people for violating orders after the state government banned on November 13 the public display of firearms, and songs promoting gun culture and violence.
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