New Delhi: The Punjab government has called for a probe into whether former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s friend Aroosa Alam has links with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
“They are (Captain Amarinder Singh) now saying that there is a threat from ISI. We will look into the woman's connection with it (ISI),” Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa said.
“Captain kept raising drones’ issue coming from Pakistan for the last 4.5 years,” he added, ANI reported.
Randhawa further said that he would ask the Director General of Police (DGP) to look into the matter.
“So, Captain first raised this issue and later got the BSF deployed in Punjab. We will ask the DGP to look into this matter,” he said.
The fresh accusation against Captain Amarinder Singh, who resigned earlier on September 18 following months of infighting between him and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, comes just days after he announced plans to launch his own party.
The former chief minister, who is set to launch a new political party soon in the run up to the assembly elections, is reportedly hopeful of a seat arrangement with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab for 2022.
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Aroosa Alam, who is a journalist, had reportedly met Captain Amarinder Singh during his Pakistan visit earlier in 2004.
As per reports, she is a regular visitor to the former chief minister’s home and had also attended his oath ceremony.