Waris Punjab De chief and Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh, who had been absconding for over a month, lastly surrendered to the Punjab Police in Moga after delivering a sermon in a gurdwara, ending the cat-and-mouse race between him and the authorities.
Amritpal Singh was needed by the Punjab Police after he, alongside together with his followers, had stormed the Ajnala police station with swords, demanding to free Toofan Singh. He additionally remained on the radar of intelligence companies due to his separatist ideology.
Around seven months in the past, a grand ceremony was held in Rode village in Punjab’s Moga district to anoint radical preacher Amritpal Singh as the pinnacle of “Waris Punjab De”, an organisation based by actor-activist Deep Sidhu who died in a street accident in February final yr.
Amritpal Singh was identified by his supporters and followers as Bhindranwale 2.0, as he typically tried to copy the life-style and adopted the preaching of slain militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed contained in the Golden Temple throughout Operation Blue Star.
In a video which was reportedly taken hours earlier than his give up, Amritpal Singh may very well be seen bowing to a big picture of Bhindranwale. The radical preacher used to decorate up like Bhindranwale, carrying an extended white gown and sometimes donning a blue turban and a kirpan and giving fiery speeches.
Amritpal, who claimed to be a follower of Bhindranwale, hailed from Jallupur Khera village in Amritsar. Like Bhindranwale, he used to maneuver round with armed males. Some of his supporters name him “Bhindranwale 2.0”.
Amritpal, who used to don Western garments and maintain his hair brief, carried out his Sikh baptism ceremony (Amrit Chakhna), after which he began rebranding himself as the following Bhindranwale, who used to demand a separate nation for the Sikh inhabitants – Khalistan.
Some of Amritpal’s followers additionally claimed that he underwent eye and beauty surgical procedure in Georgia to resemble Jarnail Bhindranwale. However, the similarity between the 2 ends there.
While Bhindranwale was reportedly backed by political events, no celebration has come as much as again Amritpal but. Bhindranwale additionally had an enormous Sikh following whereas Amritpal at present lacks the assist of the plenty.
(With inputs from companies)
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