Explained: Why Amritpal Singh's Arrested Aides Moved Out Of Punjab

The members of "Waris Punjab De", a radical organisation started by actor and activist Deep Sidhu and now headed by Amritpal Singh, would have also radicalised other jailed criminals in Punjab's jails, intelligence sources have said

The arrested aides of Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh need to be kept in high-security jails outside Punjab after being charged under the stringent National Security Act, or NSA, as there is high risk of them trying a jailbreak if kept in Punjab, intelligence sources have told NDTV.

The members of  "Waris Punjab De", a radical organisation started by actor and activist Deep Sidhu and now headed by Amritpal Singh, would have also radicalised other jailed criminals and joined hands with the so-called Anandpur Khalsa Fauj, or AKF, the sources said, asking not to be named.

It would have been easy for these elements to create law and order problems by mobilising support against the arrest of their members.

Sources said charges under the NSA were needed against Amritpal Singh for a wide range of reasons. Some of them are: