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Live Updates: Amritpal Singh Addressed Gathering Before Surrender, Say Sources

Amritpal Singh Arrested Live Updates: Amritpal Singh was on the run since March 18 after the Punjab police launched a crackdown following the storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure the release of an arrested associate.

Live Updates: Amritpal Singh Addressed Gathering Before Surrender, Say Sources

Amritpal Singh surrendered before the police in Punjab's Moga.

Radical preacher and pro-Khalistan separatist Amritpal Singh has been arrested by the police in Punjab's Moga, sources told NDTV. The police have begun the process to move him out of Moga. Sources told NDTV that he will be moved to Dibrugarh in Assam where eight of his associates, including main aide Papalpreet Singh, are already being held under the National Security Act, which allows detention up to a year without any charge.

Amritpal Singh was on the run since March 18 after the Punjab police launched a crackdown following the storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure the release of an arrested associate.

Recently, his wife Kirandeep Kaur was stopped at the Amritsar airport by immigration officials while she was trying to board a flight to London. Amritpal Singh married UK-based Kirandeep Kaur in February this year.

Here are the Live Updates on Amritpal Singh's arrest:

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Apr 23, 2023 08:29 (IST)
Amritpal Singh Addressed Gurudwara Gathering In Moga, Punjab, Then Surrendered
Fugitive preacher Amritpal Singh surrendered in Punjab's Moga this morning after over a month-long chase by the police.
Apr 23, 2023 08:23 (IST)
Amritpal Singh Has Been Active In Punjab For Past Few Years

Amritpal Singh, who the government describes as a Khalistani-Pakistan agent, has been active in Punjab for the past few years and is often seen escorted by armed supporters. He claims to be a follower of the Khalistani separatist and terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and is known as "Bhindranwale 2.0" among his supporters.
Apr 23, 2023 08:09 (IST)
Amritpal Singh Addressed Gathering Before Surrender, Say Sources
Amritpal Singh surrended in a gurudwara at Rode village of Moga. Sources told NDTV that he addressed a gathering before he surrendered before the police.
Apr 23, 2023 08:01 (IST)

Amritpal Singh and his associates have several criminal cases registered against him, including for spreading disharmony among classes, attempt to murder, attack on police personnel, and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of duty by public servants.
Apr 23, 2023 07:50 (IST)
Apr 23, 2023 07:49 (IST)
Amritpal Singh To Be Taken To Assam's Dibrugarh Shortly: Sources

Sources told NDTV that Amritpal Singh will be moved to Dibrugarh in Assam where eight of his associates, including main aide Papalpreet Singh, are already being held under the National Security Act, which allows detention up to a year without any charge.
Apr 23, 2023 07:41 (IST)

Amritpal Singh surrendered in a Gurudwara in Moga, sources told NDTV.
Apr 23, 2023 07:35 (IST)
Amritpal Singh Was On The Run Since March 18
Amritpal Singh was on the run since March 18 after the Punjab police launched a crackdown following the storming of the Ajnala police station by his supporters to secure the release of an arrested associate.
Apr 23, 2023 07:34 (IST)
Amritpal Singh Surrendered Befoe Police In Moga: Sources

Radical preacher and pro-Khalistan separatist Amritpal Singh has surrendered before the police, sources told NDTV. Soon after he surrendered in Punjab's Moga, Amritpal Singh was detained and he is currently being taken to Assam's Dibrugarh, where nine of his associates, including Amritpal Singh's main aide, Papalpreet Singh, have been imprisoned.
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