Amritpal, chief of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit, was arrested in April final yr and the stringent National Security Act was invoked in opposition to him. He and 9 of his associates are at the moment lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
The mother of Amritpal Singh was arrested right here on Sunday, a day before a march is to be taken out to demand that the unconventional Sikh preacher be shifted from Dibrugarh jail in Assam to a jail in Punjab. Amritpal, chief of the ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit, was arrested in April final yr and the stringent National Security Act was invoked in opposition to him. He and 9 of his associates are at the moment lodged in Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
Balwinder Kaur, the mother of Amritpal has been despatched to judicial custody, Deputy Commissioner of Police Alam Vijay Singh stated on Sunday. He stated it was a preventive arrest however refused to disclose extra particulars.
Amritpal’s uncle Sukhchain Singh and three others have additionally been held, police stated.
The growth comes a day before the ‘Chetna March’ is scheduled to be taken out. The march was to be taken out from Takht Damdama Sahib in Bathinda on April 8 to demand that Amritpal and 9 others be shifted from the jail in Assam to Punjab.
Kaur and the kin of different detainees had been on a starvation strike since February 22 close to the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Earlier, she had stated that they’d proceed the starvation strike until Amritpal and different detainees had been dropped at a jail in Punjab.
Apart from Amritpal, 9 of his associates — Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla — have been booked underneath the NSA.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities for the police motion.
Various organisers of the march have been held, together with the mother of Amritpal Singh, which is condemnable, SAD spokesman Parambans Singh Romana stated.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is revealed from PTI)
