Through PTI
CHANDIGARH: A telephone recovered from an aide of Amritpal Singh carries footage of the flag, brand and foreign money of ‘Khalistan’ and movies of firearms apply through younger males allegedly picked for the novel preacher’s Anandpur Khalistan Fauz, Punjab Police stated on Friday.
The incriminating subject material displays the sinister designs of this nascent armed forces pressure and the large risk they’d have grow to be for peace and team spirit of Punjab and nationwide safety, a observation through police in Khanna district stated.
Whilst the pro-Khalistan preacher has eluded police since it all started a crackdown towards him and his Waris Punjab De outfit, a number of of his alleged aides are actually in custody.
The telephone seized after the arrest Wednesday of Tejinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba (42) of village Mangewal held footage that exposed the design of the flag and the brand of Khalistan and the trademarks for its proposed provinces, police stated.
Khanna’s Senior Superintendent of Police Amneet Kondal stated the cell phone additionally had footage of an AKF hologram and Khalistan foreign money, together with a ten greenback word.
There was once additionally an image of a Pakistani nationwide’s using licence. The Khalistan flag had some Urdu phrases on it, she stated.
Even sooner than the crackdown started, Amritpal Singh was once being likened to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, whose fans performed a violent marketing campaign for Khalistan a separate Sikh state within the Eighties.
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SSP Kondal stated Gorkha Baba was once part of the shut coverage crew, entrusted with Waris Punjab De leader’s safety.
The arrested guy was once a member of the Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF), being raised through Amritpal Singh to salary an armed fight for the formation of a separate Khalistan state, a police observation stated.
He got here involved with Amritpal Singh thru one Birkamjit Singh Khalsa, whom he had met all through the farmers’ agitation at the outskirts of Delhi.
He went to the preacher’s local village Jallupur Khera in Amritsar district 5 months again and was once inducted as his gunman.
Baba was once given guns marked AKF and firing apply was once performed at a makeshift differ on the village.
Police stated he was once in shut proximity of Amritpal Singh all through closing month’s storming of the Ajnala police station through the preacher and his supporters to safe the discharge of an arrested guy.
Throughout the investigation, police stated, he published that every one AKF participants had been assigned belt numbers like AKF 3, AKF 56 and AKF 47 — most likely in accordance with their seniority or proximity to Amritpal Singh.
The exam of his telephone confirmed that two WhatsApp teams AKF and Amritpal Tiger Power had been created.
The participants of the AKF had been paid salaries, police stated.
The participants had been kids who got here to the ‘de-addiction centres’ run through Waris Punjab De and had been later indoctrinated and given firearms coaching, in keeping with police.
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Police stated every other affiliate, Gurbhej Singh alias Bheja, organized 10 bullet-proof jackets with AKF inscribed on them for the crowd two months again.
He additionally gave firearms coaching to newly inducted participants of the crowd on the makeshift firing differ.
Movies of participants appearing their experience in assembling, disassembling, cleansing guns were recovered, the SSP stated.
Harsimrat Singh Hundal alias Labh Singh alias Tiger was once accountable for supervising Amritpal Singh’s safety, the SSP stated.
“He took care for the guns and assigned them on day by day foundation to participants of shut coverage crew,” she stated.
“All guns and bullet-proof jackets had the AKF hologram imprinted on them. Some guns even had a long-range telescope affixed on them,” she stated.
The observation stated the risk posed through the AKF to the state’s peace and team spirit through the AKF has been avoided through well timed motion of Punjab Police.
CHANDIGARH: A telephone recovered from an aide of Amritpal Singh carries footage of the flag, brand and foreign money of ‘Khalistan’ and movies of firearms apply through younger males allegedly picked for the novel preacher’s Anandpur Khalistan Fauz, Punjab Police stated on Friday.
The incriminating subject material displays the sinister designs of this nascent armed forces pressure and the large risk they’d have grow to be for peace and team spirit of Punjab and nationwide safety, a observation through police in Khanna district stated.
Whilst the pro-Khalistan preacher has eluded police since it all started a crackdown towards him and his Waris Punjab De outfit, a number of of his alleged aides are actually in custody.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The telephone seized after the arrest Wednesday of Tejinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba (42) of village Mangewal held footage that exposed the design of the flag and the brand of Khalistan and the trademarks for its proposed provinces, police stated.
Khanna’s Senior Superintendent of Police Amneet Kondal stated the cell phone additionally had footage of an AKF hologram and Khalistan foreign money, together with a ten greenback word.
There was once additionally an image of a Pakistani nationwide’s using licence. The Khalistan flag had some Urdu phrases on it, she stated.
Even sooner than the crackdown started, Amritpal Singh was once being likened to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, whose fans performed a violent marketing campaign for Khalistan a separate Sikh state within the Eighties.
ALSO READ | Amritpal aide’s wondering finds workforce’s involvement in ‘anti-national’ actions: Punjab Police
SSP Kondal stated Gorkha Baba was once part of the shut coverage crew, entrusted with Waris Punjab De leader’s safety.
The arrested guy was once a member of the Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF), being raised through Amritpal Singh to salary an armed fight for the formation of a separate Khalistan state, a police observation stated.
He got here involved with Amritpal Singh thru one Birkamjit Singh Khalsa, whom he had met all through the farmers’ agitation at the outskirts of Delhi.
He went to the preacher’s local village Jallupur Khera in Amritsar district 5 months again and was once inducted as his gunman.
Baba was once given guns marked AKF and firing apply was once performed at a makeshift differ on the village.
Police stated he was once in shut proximity of Amritpal Singh all through closing month’s storming of the Ajnala police station through the preacher and his supporters to safe the discharge of an arrested guy.
Throughout the investigation, police stated, he published that every one AKF participants had been assigned belt numbers like AKF 3, AKF 56 and AKF 47 — most likely in accordance with their seniority or proximity to Amritpal Singh.
The exam of his telephone confirmed that two WhatsApp teams AKF and Amritpal Tiger Power had been created.
The participants of the AKF had been paid salaries, police stated.
The participants had been kids who got here to the ‘de-addiction centres’ run through Waris Punjab De and had been later indoctrinated and given firearms coaching, in keeping with police.
ALSO READ | Amritpal requested Sikhs to be ready for ‘final sacrifice’, incited thru speeches: Officers
Police stated every other affiliate, Gurbhej Singh alias Bheja, organized 10 bullet-proof jackets with AKF inscribed on them for the crowd two months again.
He additionally gave firearms coaching to newly inducted participants of the crowd on the makeshift firing differ.
Movies of participants appearing their experience in assembling, disassembling, cleansing guns were recovered, the SSP stated.
Harsimrat Singh Hundal alias Labh Singh alias Tiger was once accountable for supervising Amritpal Singh’s safety, the SSP stated.
“He took care for the guns and assigned them on day by day foundation to participants of shut coverage crew,” she stated.
“All guns and bullet-proof jackets had the AKF hologram imprinted on them. Some guns even had a long-range telescope affixed on them,” she stated.
The observation stated the risk posed through the AKF to the state’s peace and team spirit through the AKF has been avoided through well timed motion of Punjab Police.