4 members of outfit headed by Amritpal Singh flown to Dibrugarh after arrest in Punjab

Four members of an outfit headed by Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, who were arrested in Punjab, have been brought to Assam’s Dibrugarh

Four members of an outfit headed by Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, who were arrested in Punjab, have been brought to Assam’s Dibrugarh on March 19, police said. They were flown in a special flight, they said.

“The four are currently kept in Dibrugarh central jail,” a police officer said, without elaborating further. The Dibrugarh Police is likely to address the media later in the day.

The Punjab government earlier extended the suspension of mobile internet and SMS services till noon on March 20, even as the hunt for radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh continued.

The state authorities had on Saturday suspended the internet and SMS services till March 19 noon .The police earlier said they will soon arrest the fugitive preacher.

“In exercise of power conferred on me under the India Telegraph Act, 1885, it is directed that all mobile internet services (2G/3G/45/5G/CDMA/GPRS), all SMS services (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls, in the territorial jurisdiction of Punjab shall be further suspended from March 19 (12.00 hours) to March 20 (12.00 hours) to prevent any incitement to violence and any disturbance of peace and public order,” an official order issued on Sunday said.

“The broadband services are not being suspended so that banking facilities, hospital services and other essential services are not disrupted”, the order issued by the additional Chief Secretary said.

Talking to reporters near Nakodar in Jalandhar late night on March 19, Jalandhar Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal had said, “Amritpal Singh is now a fugitive and we are looking for him and we will soon arrest him.” He also said that two vehicles belonging to the preacher had also been seized.