Punjab

Refuting claims of Amritpal's sympathisers that he surrendered after paying obeisance at a Sikh shrine in the native village of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed in the Indian Army's Operation Blue Star in 1984, Gill, in a first official reaction, told the media here: "NSA warrants were issued against Amritpal Singh and those warrants have been executed today morning... Amritpal Singh has been arrested by Punjab Police around 6.45 a.m. today morning from village Rode."

The Waris Punjab De chief is being shifted to Assam's Dibrugarh, where eight of his aides are already being held under the National Security Act (NSA). As per police, Amritpal Singh was arrested from Rode village in Moga district. Rode is the native village of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Amritpal had tried to pose.

An Innova vehicle, with three people onboard, comprising Amritpal, was stopped by the police on Tuesday night at a checkpoint but they managed to flee in the dark, an official familiar with the development told IANS. The police were chasing the car from Phagwara. The car was later found abandoned near Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh on.

The court, presided by Justice N S Shekhawat, was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by advocate Imaan Singh Khara seeking the release of Amritpal Singh from alleged police custody.  At the hearing, Punjab Advocate General Vinod Ghai confirmed that Amritpal Singh had not yet been arrested. 

Amritpal Singh enjoying an energy drink, along with aide Papalpreet Singh, has gone viral on social media.The photo depicts Amritpal Singh, for whom a manhunt has been launched, wearing a jacket. However, police have not confirmed the timing of the photo and even its authenticity.

According to the sources, the man identified as Amit Singh was detained on Tuesday from Tilak Vihar after the police received specific inputs about his whereabouts. Delhi Police assisted the Punjab Police in this operation. Singh works as an insurance agent. In another development earlier in the day , the Haryana Police arrested.

In a major development, the National Security Act (NSA) has been imposed on four aides of Amritpal Singh. Amritpal Singh's uncle Harjit Singh, who was arrested on early Monday, is also likely to be booked under the stringent law. While the four aides of Amritpal Singh -- Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Bhagwant Singh, Gurmeet Singh, and Pradhanmantri Bajeka -- have been kept in Assam's Dibrugarh jail, his uncle is also being taken there.

The Punjab Police continued its crackdown on "fugitive" Amritpal Singh on the third day on Monday. The police have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Amritpal's aides. A fresh FIR was registered against him and his associates in an illegal weapons case. The police made preventive arrests of persons attempting to disturb peace and law and order in the state.

Justice N.S. Shekhawat fixed the case for further hearing on Tuesday. Petitioner Imaan Singh Khara alleged that 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh had been illegally and forcibly detained by the police commissioner and other officials without any authority of law. Directions were also sought for the appointment of a warrant officer to.

An official spokesperson for the Punjab Police said that Amritpal Singh, the self-styled radical Sikh preacher and head of Waris Punjab De, remains a fugitive and efforts are on to arrest him. Flag marches have been conducted by district police and paramilitary forces led by Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) all over the state, he said, adding that peace committee meetings have also been held in all the districts and there is complete peace and harmony in the state at present.