Amritpal Singh Arrested Under NSA, He Had No Choice Left: Punjab Police Dismisses Surrender Claim

After Amritpal Singh was arrested from Punjab's Moga, Punjab police said Amritpal Singh was arrested under NSA. Sukhchain Gill, IG Punjab said that no mischievous elements will be tolerated.

Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh. ( Image Source :ABP Live )

After the fugitive and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh was arrested from Punjab's Moga on Sunday, Punjab police said Amritpal Singh was arrested under NSA. Sukhchain Gill, IG Punjab said that no mischievous elements will be tolerated. Amritpal was arrested under NSA in a joint operation with Intelligence Wing. Speaking to the reporters, Sukhchain Gill, IG Punjab said that Amritpal was arrested after concrete information and the village was surrounded by police. 

Sukhchain Gill said, "Amritpal Singh has been arrested by Punjab Police at around 6.45 am today morning in village Rode. A joint operation was conducted by Amritsar Police & Intelligence Wing of Punjab Police. He was located in village Rode based on operational inputs by Punjab Police. To maintain sanctity, the Police didn't enter Gurudwara Sahib. He has been taken to Dibrugarh under NSA," as quoted by the news agency ANI.

Answering queries on the claims of surrender, the senior officer said: "It was important to maintain the sanctity of Gurdwara, police could not have entered in uniform. Today, we had concrete information after the operation was underway for several weeks. He was located based on operational inputs, he had no choice left."

Amritpal Singh addressed a gathering in a Gurdwara in the city before he was held by the Punjab police. Earlier visuals of Waris Punjab De's #AmritpalSingh at Gurudwara in Moga, Punjab. He was arrested by Punjab Police from Moga this morning and is likely to be shifted to Dibrugarh, Assam.

According to sources, the Punjab Police was making plans for his detainment since late last night. A video surfaced that showed him addressing a gathering in a gurudwara before surrendering in Moga's Rode village. The Khalistan sympathiser was arrested by Punjab Police near a Gurdwara in Moga amid the mounting pressure put up by Punjab Police for the same.

This comes after Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped by Punjab Police from Shri Guru Ram Dass International Airport, Amritsar as she was trying to board a flight to London, police sources said. Amritpal's wife was about to leave for London on the afternoon flight.  She reached the airport to board a flight from Amritsar to Birmingham.

Amritpal Singh's wife Kirandeep Kaur was supposed to travel to Birmingham but she reported to the immigration counters and being a Look Out Circular (LOC) subject the immigration has not permitted her to travel and detained her, Airport sources said. A few months ago, Amritpal married Punjab-origin Kirandeep Kaur living in the UK, since then both were living in Jallupur Kheda which is Amritpal's village. Currently, she is reportedly being questioned by the Immigration Department.

The main aide of pro-Khalistan leader and Waris De Punjab chief Amritpal Singh was arrested in Sirhind on April 15. According to Narinder Bhargav, DIG Border Range, the aide, Joga Singh, was apprehended in a joint operation of Amritsar-rural and Hoshiarpur police. Joga Singh was with Amritpal from March 18 to March 28, news agency ANI reported.