On a day when the Punjab government told the High Court that they were coordinating with several agencies and were very close to nabbing pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, there are sources confirming that Singh has again managed to escape from the clutches of Punjab Police.
Let’s look at some of the updates in the case:
Cops Carry Out Search Operations in Hoshiarpur
In the wake of the Punjab Police being on high alert after radical preacher Amritpal Singh escaped its dragnet, a massive search operation was launched in a Hoshiarpur village late on Tuesday night after some suspects abandoned their vehicle following a chase.
A police team was chasing a car from Phagwara after it suspected that fugitive Amritpal and his aide could be travelling in that vehicle, sources said.
The occupants of the vehicle abandoned the car near Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh in Marnaian village here and fled, they said.
Crackdown on Waris Punjab De's Amritpal Singh | Punjab police conducts a search operation in Hoshiarpur's Manaiya village.
Amritpal Singh is on the run since March 18. pic.twitter.com/m2PquHlD3a
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2023
A cordon and search operation has been launched in and around the village while checkposts and barricades have been raised on the roads to nab the suspects.
Amritpal Singh remains untraceable since a police crackdown against him and members of his pro-Khalistan ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit on March 18, about three weeks after he and his supporters stormed into the Ajnala police station near Amritsar to secure the release of an arrested man.
Amritpal Singh Seen Without Turban in Fresh CCTV Footage
A new video of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced on social media on Tuesday, showing the pro-Khalistan preacher without a turban and wearing a mask.
The undated CCTV footage, said to be from a market in Delhi, showed the fugitive walking down a street wearing dark glasses. Behind him, Papalpreet Singh could be seen walking with a bag. There is no official word from Punjab Police on the fresh footage.
A senior Delhi Police official said they are probing whether the persons seen in the video are Amritpal Singh and his aide. ” So far we don’t have any such information, nor the location where the video was shot has been confirmed to be of Delhi. However, we are verifying it,” the official said.