Amritpal Singh Suspected To Be In Punjab's Hoshiarpur, Police Launch Door-To-Door Search
Earlier, Amritpal Singh surfaced in a fresh video asserting he was not a fugitive and would soon appear before the world
Punjab Police has launched an intensive search operation in Hoshiarpur as fugitive pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh is suspected to be in the city. As per inputs, the police are going door-to-door in their search for him.
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This comes after Amritpal Singh surfaced in a fresh video on Thursday, asserting he was not a fugitive and would soon appear before the world.
A day earlier, a video had appeared on social media with the 'Waris Punjab De' chief asking the jathedar (or chief) of the highest temporal body of Sikhs to summon a congregation of the faithful to discuss issues concerning the community.
"Those who feel that I have turned fugitive and I have left my associates, they should not keep this illusion in their mind. I do not fear death," he said in the video in Punjabi.
"And soon will appear before the world and will also be amongst the 'Sangat'," Amritpal Singh said.
According to news agency PTI, the Police have stepped up security in and around Amritsar and Bathinda amid reports that Amritpal Singh may surrender after entering any of the two Sikh shrines - Golden Temple in Amritsar and Takht Sri Damdama Sahib in Bathinda.
The pro-Khalistan preacher said he was not like those who would flee the country. "One has to face a lot during the days of rebellion… These days of rebellion are difficult to pass," he said.
"I want to tell the government that I did not fear them before and I don't fear them now. Whatever they have to do they may do... I cannot even think of becoming a fugitive," Amritpal Singh said, adding that he was not afraid of getting arrested.
It was his second video since being on the run amid a police crackdown on his outfit 'Waris Punjab De'.
Amritpal Singh, in the clip, again asked the jathedar of the Akal Takht to summon a congregation.
Take out a 'Khalsa Vaheer' (religious procession) from the Akal Takht in Amritsar to Damdama Sahib in Bathinda and hold a 'Sarbat Khalsa' there on Baisakhi, he said.
It is time for the jathedar to prove allegations of his affiliation to a particular family wrong and he must stand up for the community, he added.
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Meanwhile, the Punjab government has informed the Akal Takht that almost all the people taken into preventive custody - 348 out of 360 - during the crackdown against Amritpal Singh and his ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit have now been released.
Jathedar Harpreet Singh had earlier issued an “ultimatum” to the state government to release the Sikh youths picked up during the crackdown that began on March 18.
There was no immediate comment by police on the authenticity of the nearly two-minute audio clip and about six-minute video.
Amritpal Singh remains untraceable since March 18, when he gave the slip to a police dragnet in Jalandhar, switching cars and changing appearances.
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