18th MARCH (DS BUREAU): Amritpal Singh, leader of "Waris Punjab De" a radical organisation, Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser, has been arrested by the Punjab Police after a car chase. A special team of Punjab Police had followed Amritpal Singh while he was on his way to Jalandhar's Shahkot tehsil. Police had closed all roads and set up huge barricades in Shahkot as they had prior information of Amritpal Singh's visit.
Internet services have been suspended all across Punjab as the police on Saturday launched an operation to arrest Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh and his aides. Radical Sikh leader and Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh has become active in Punjab for the past few weeks as his supporters last month clashed with the police at the Ajnala police station on the outskirts of Amritsar demanding the release of one of Amritpal's aides.
Internet services have been suspended till afternoon tomorrow, Sunday.
Amritpal's car chase was successful by the State's special team and Internet services were chopped down to avoid the radical leader's aide.