Amritpal arrested after being surrounded: Punjab Police

Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested in Rode village of Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday morning after police personnel surrounded him, leaving him with no way to escape, a senior Punjab Police official said here.

He has been taken to Dibrugarh in Assam under NSA, Inspector General of Police, Sukhchain Singh Gill told a news conference here. “National Security Act (NSA) warrants were issued against Amritpal Singh and these have been executed today morning. Further law will take its own course,” Gill said. Amritpal Singh was arrested by the Punjab Police at around 6:45 am from the village Rode after absconding for more than one month.

“A joint operation was conducted by the Amritsar Police and the intelligence wing of Punjab Police. He was located in village Rode based on operational inputs by Punjab Police. He was surrounded from all sides, the village was surrounded by Punjab police,” Gill said.