Amritpal Singh changed clothes, switched from car to motorcycle to escape arrest, say Punjab Police

The authorities have issued a lookout circular as well as a non-bailable warrant against the fugitive Khalistan sympathiser.

Mar 22, 2023 - 10:30

Amritpal Singh changed clothes, switched from car to motorcycle to escape arrest, say Punjab Police

The Punjab Police said on Tuesday that Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh escaped on a motorcycle after changing his clothes in a gurdwara at Nangal Ambian village in Jalandhar district, reported The Tribune.

The leader of the Sikh organisation, Waris Punjab De, has been on the run since Saturday when the state police had launched an operation to arrest him. On Tuesday, the police said that Singh was first seen in a Mercedes Sports Utility Vehicle after which he switched to Maruti Brezza.

The police recovered the Brezza on Tuesday and found a rifle, some swords and walkie-talkie inside the vehicle. Four persons – Manpreet Singh, Gurdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh and Gurbhej Singh – who helped the self-styled preacher escape were also arrested, Punjab Police Inspector General Sukhchain Singh Gill said.

Amritpal Singh had changed from his traditional attire to trousers, shirt and pink turban at the gurdwara. He later escaped with two other men on a motorcycle, reported The Tribune.

The police have released few photographs of the Khalistan sympathiser, including some in which he is not wearing a turban, to seek help from the public to arrest him.

The police have issued a lookout circular as well as a non-bailable warrant against Amritpal Singh and invoked the National Security Act against him.