Shimla: After ‘Khalistan’ flags had been discovered tied on the Himachal Pradesh Assembly principal gate and partitions, the state police on Sunday issued orders to seal the interstate borders.

Police registered an FIR underneath sections 153-A and 153-B of IPC, part 3 of HP Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1985, and part 13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) at Dharamshala Police station after the ‘Khalistan’ flags incident.

Police booked banned outfit ‘Sikhs for Justice’ (SFJ) normal counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and known as him the ‘principal accused’ within the case.

“ADGP-CID, IG/DIG Ranges and District SPs have been directed to seal all interstate borders/barriers and keep strict vigil at the places of probable hideouts i.e. hotels and sarais etc. They have been directed to keep the Special Security Units (SsUs), Bomb Disposal Squads and Quick Reactions Teams (QRTs) in position and on high alert and strengthen the security of dams, railway stations, bus stands, towns, government building and vital installations,” the assertion added.

The subject formations have been directed to sensitize all the safety employees and chowkidars of presidency buildings, banks, and public sector undertakings with regard to the menace and so they could also be suggested to report any matter of concern to the native police station instantly.

Earlier within the day, ‘Khalistan’ flags had been discovered tied on the principle gate and boundary wall of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Dharamshala on Sunday morning.

Soon after the incident got here to mild, a police official knowledgeable that the flags had been faraway from the gates and partitions.

Superintendent of Police, Kangra, Khushal Sharma stated, “It might have happened late night or early morning today. We have removed the Khalistan flags from the Vidhan Sabha gate. It could be an act of some tourists from Punjab.”

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