Days after the clash in Ajnala where armed supporters of radical leader Amritpal Singh, Punjab Police officials are getting trained in the 'Gatka' martial art by Nihangs, a video posted by news agency ANI showed.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Avtar Singh said, "Police personnel are being given special training in Gatka for their physical fitness and to make them capable of dealing with any dangerous situation."
This comes after radical lead and 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh's supporters stormed into a police station in Ajnala demanding the release of Lovepreet Singh.
Amritpal Singh's aide and kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh 'Toofan' walked out of Ajnala jail on Friday following the incident.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav has said the demonstrators used the holy Guru Granth Sahib as a shield and attacked police officials in a 'cowardly' way, injuring six of them. Despite promises of a peaceful protest, police stated the protestors utilised sharp-edged weapons.
"The demonstration was permitted when police were attacked in a cowardly manner with sharp-edged weapons, stones, and bricks under the cover of Palki Sahib of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji," Yadav said, adding that six security personnel were injured in the incident, PTI reported.
Despite promising a peaceful demonstration, the protesters utilised sharp-edged weapons, according to reports.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said his government was committed to maintaining law and order in the state and no one would be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace.
Referring to the insurgency period in Punjab, Mann said the state and its people have suffered a lot in the past and they only want peace and progress.
Though some fissiparous forces are continuously trying to derail the peace and progress of the state, their nefarious designs will not be allowed to succeed, the chief minister said, adding no one will be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace in the state.
He reiterated that those who carried the Guru Granth Sahib to a police station in Ajnala in Amritsar as a shield cannot be called the 'waris' (heir) of Punjab.
(With inputs from PTI)