Amritpal Singh arrest: Earlier, Punjab Police launched a major crackdown on Amritpal Singh and members of his 'Waris Punjab De' outfit on March 18. The Khalistan sympathiser escaped the police's net in Jalandhar district, switching vehicles and changing his appearance.
"A total of 241 IS members and loyalists -- 71 men, 63 women and 107 children -- have surrendered to local authorities in Achin and Mohman Dara districts over the past three days," Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying
The high rate of surrenders was because of a "fear" among the wrongdoers of facing the "police bullets", according to a senior officer. As many as 40 of them have been accused of cow slaughter, Superintendent of Police Ajay Pal Sharma told PTI. "About 10 men wanted in cases of gambling, five who were booked for illegal mining also surrendered."
According to the police statement, all six Maoists laid down their arms before Dumka Range Deputy Inspector General.
Lucknow, Nov 19: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of "bowing to pressure" from UPA ally DMK in the allocation of 2G spectrum and asked how he could shrug off his
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