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CHANDIGARH, March 16:
In a decisive move to uphold the rule of law and ensure justice, Punjab Police is all set to bring back seven key aides of Amritpal Singh of Waris Punjab De (WPD) from Dibrugarh Jail to Punjab and formally arrest them in Ajnala Police Station attack case to face the law and consequences of their actions, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Sunday.
The DGP further stated that those who are being brought back to Punjab, have been identified as Basant Singh of Daulatpura Ucha in Moga, Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke of village Bajeke in Moga, Gurmeet Singh Gill alias Gurmeet Bukkanwala of village Bukkanwala in Moga, Sarabjeet Singh Kalsi alias Daljeet Singh Kalsi of West Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi, Gurinderpal Singh Aujla alias Guri Aujla of Phagwara, Harjeet Singh alias Chacha of village Jallupur Khera in Amritsar and Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal alias Kulwant Singh of Rauke Kalan in Moga.
Presently, all these individuals are detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail from last two years.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that a high-level strong police party headed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Harinder Singh Gill is stationed at Dibrugarh Jail to execute the arrest of the seven detenues upon completion of their NSA detention period. The Punjab Police will subsequently produce them before the Hon’ble Court in Dibrugarh to secure transit remand, ensuring their swift return to Punjab to face trial, he added.
As per the information, on February 23, 2023, Amritpal Singh and his supporters took refuge under Sri Palki Sahib with parkash of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji and attacked Ajnala Police Station to free their associate identified as Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan. In this regard, Amritsar Rural Police had registered a case FIR no. 39 date 24/2/2023 under sections 307, 353, 186, 332, 333, 506, 120-B, 427, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Police Station Ajnala.
Sharing more details, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Border Range Satinder Singh accompanied by SSP Amritsar Rural Maninder Singh, while addressing a press conference, said that starting from Monday, seven of the 10 detenues will be brought back to Punjab to face trial in different cases registered across the state. “We will make their (seven individuals) formal arrest in FIR no. 39/23 registered at Ajnala Police Station to begin investigations in the case,” he said.
