Fugitive pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh and his mentor Papalpreet Singh once again dodged the Punjab Police in a village near Hoshiarpur town where a massive search operation is underway, officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The police were chasing the car from Phagwara. The car was later found abandoned near Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh on the Phagwara-Hoshiarpur road. They fled on foot.<\/p>\n
Police have cordoned off villages in Hoshiarpur district and are carrying out door-to-door search operations.<\/p>\n
The police, which was on high alert, had inputs about Amritpal’s movements in Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar districts.<\/p>\n
A new video of Amritpal Singh and Papalpreet Singh surfaced on Tuesday, purportedly showing Amritpal walking in a street in Delhi without a turban and wearing a mask.<\/p>\n
A day earlier, the state’s Advocate General informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the police were close to arresting Amritpal Singh.<\/p>\n
The high court was hearing a petition seeking his release, by a man who claimed that Amritpal Singh was in “illegal” custody in Jalandhar.<\/p>\n
The Advocate General clarified that Amritpal Singh was not arrested and the police were trying its best to arrest him.<\/p>\n
“Punjab is passing through a sensitive stage and national security is involved. As such, the arguments addressed should be limited to the contentions raised in the habeas corpus petition,” he said.<\/p>\n
After hearing counsel for both the parties, Justice N.S. Shekhawat asked the petitioner’s counsel to show evidence that Amritpal Singh was in illegal custody of the police.<\/p>\n
He said the state’s categorical stand was that Amritpal Singh had not been arrested.<\/p>\n
Amritpal Singh has been evading arrest, changing his location and looks multiple times, since March 18 when the police launched a massive crackdown to arrest him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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