New Delhi
\nKhalistani leader Amritpal Singh is allegedly on the run from the Punjab Police, who are trying to arrest him, sources have said. His father has been detained, they said. A special team of the state police, comprising personnel from seven districts, had followed the Khalistani leader\u2019s convoy while he was on his way to Jalandhar\u2019s Shahkot tehsil.
\nInternet has been snapped across Punjab till 12 pm tomorrow as Amritpal Singh\u2019s aides started circulating frantic videos appealing to supporters to reach Shahkot.
\nAnticipating disturbance, a large contingent of police has been deployed outside Amritpal Singh\u2019s village, Jallupur Khaira, in Amritsar district. Sources said police and paramilitary forces have sealed the village.
\nSources said the state government waited for the G20 event to get over to initiate action against him. Amritpal Singh leads \u201cWaris Punjab De\u201d, a radical organisation started by actor and activist Deep Sidhu, who died in a road accident in February last year.
\nThe police closed all roads and set up huge barricades in Shahkot as they had prior information of Amritpal Singh\u2019s visit. The Khalistani leader, who has been active in Punjab for a few years, is often seen escorted by armed supporters.
\nAmritpal Singh was at the centre of a massive protest on February 23 against the arrest of his key aide, kidnapping accused Lovepreet Singh. His supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of the Amritsar city, extracting an assurance from the police that Lovepreet Singh would be released. He had later blamed the Punjab Police for the violence.
\nSix police personnel, including a Superintendent of Police rank officer, were injured during the clash. The police have not yet revealed whether an FIR was lodged against Amritpal Singh for the violence.
\nReacting to the police action today, Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu said the man who \u201cused to talk about taking up arms for Khalistan is today running away fearing the police\u201d.
\n\u201cDoes a Sikh ever run away? He would have faced the police if he had courage. He is running around in the streets like a gidad (jackal). I used to say earlier, too, that he has come to get our children killed. He is a man of (intelligence) agencies,\u201d he said.
\nFacing heat from the opposition parties in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had recently 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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