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DIBRUGARH: ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh was brought to Dibrugarh Central Jail on Sunday amid high security. He was brought to Dibrugarh jail with an eleven-member police convoy.
He was brought in on a charter flight from Bhatinda, and he landed at Dibrugarh airport at 2.20 p.m. He was taken to Dibrugarh Central Jail at 2.35 p.m.
Twelve more CCTVs have been installed in Dibrugarh Central Jail. Earlier, 57 CCTVs were installed in the jail for security reasons.
According to reports, Amritpal Singh was arrested from Rhode village in Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday morning.
Punjab Police arrested Amritpal Singh after he surrendered before cops at Gurdwara Janam Asthan Sant Khalsa in Rode village.
He was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA).
On April 21, Amritpal Singh’s wife, Kirandeep Kaur, was stopped from boarding a flight to London at the Sri Guru Ram Dass International Airport and sent back to her husband’s home in Amritsar’s Jallupur Khera.
Before his arrest, Amritpal Singh addressed a gathering at the Gurdwara in Rode village, Moga district.
At least six cases were registered against him in the Amritsar Rural and Jalandhar Rural police districts.
Amritpal had been absconding since March 18, the day on which a huge crackdown was launched against him and his associates in Punjab.
Nine pro-Khalistan members of ‘Waris Punjab De’ were lodged in Dibrugarh jail; they were all arrested in Punjab after the massive operation against Amritpal Singh, chief of ‘Waris Punjab De’.
Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh, and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla are lodged at Dibrugarh Central Jail under the National Security Act (NSA).
On April 20, family members of Daljit Singh Kalsi arrived in Dibrugarh Central Jail and met Daljit, who had been lodged there since March 19, 2023.
Daljit Kalsi’s wife, Narinder Kaur (Neeru Kalsi), met her husband along with her son, Simarjeet Kalsi (Sunny), in Dibrugarh Central Jail.
On April 19, a five-member team of the Advisory Board under the NSA arrived at Dibrugarh from Punjab and met the nine detainees of ‘Waris Punjab De’.
According to reports, the team headed by its chairperson, retired justice Shabihul Hasnain, consists of Suveer Sheokand (member), Divanshu Jain (member), Rakesh Agarwal, IPS, IGP, CI, Punjab, and Rupinder Kaur Bhatti, SP, CI, Punjab.
Dibrugarh Central Jail was constructed in 1859–60 by the then British government on 47 bighas of land (76,203.19 sq metres).
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