21 Amritpal supporters looking to level dharna taken into police custody in Ludhiana

By means of PTI

LUDHIANA: No less than 21 supporters of radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh had been taken into custody as they attempted to level a ‘dharna’ on a highway right here to protest the police crackdown towards him, officers mentioned on Sunday.

They had been apprehended close to Boparai Klan the city right here.

The Punjab executive on Saturday introduced a big crackdown towards Amritpal, with police arresting 78 individuals of an outfit headed by way of him.

The elusive preacher himself, then again, gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade used to be intercepted within the Jalandhar district.

Because the operation went underway, government stepped up safety at a number of puts and suspended web and SMS services and products within the state.

The manhunt used to be nonetheless on and Amritpal has been declared a fugitive.

Additionally, the suspension of cellular web and SMS services and products in Punjab had been prolonged until Monday midday Inspector Basic of Police (Ludhiana vary) Kaustabh Sharma mentioned police didn’t permit them to carry the ‘dharna’ and had been taken into custody.

Flag marches had been taken out in Nawanshahr, Dakha and Sidhwan in Ludhiana, police mentioned, including, “There may be whole peace.

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LUDHIANA: No less than 21 supporters of radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh had been taken into custody as they attempted to level a ‘dharna’ on a highway right here to protest the police crackdown towards him, officers mentioned on Sunday.

They had been apprehended close to Boparai Klan the city right here.

The Punjab executive on Saturday introduced a big crackdown towards Amritpal, with police arresting 78 individuals of an outfit headed by way of him.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The elusive preacher himself, then again, gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade used to be intercepted within the Jalandhar district.

Because the operation went underway, government stepped up safety at a number of puts and suspended web and SMS services and products within the state.

The manhunt used to be nonetheless on and Amritpal has been declared a fugitive.

Additionally, the suspension of cellular web and SMS services and products in Punjab had been prolonged until Monday midday Inspector Basic of Police (Ludhiana vary) Kaustabh Sharma mentioned police didn’t permit them to carry the ‘dharna’ and had been taken into custody.

Flag marches had been taken out in Nawanshahr, Dakha and Sidhwan in Ludhiana, police mentioned, including, “There may be whole peace.

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