Amritpal Singh, the fugitive Khalistan motion separatist and former Dubai NRI who was caught by the Punjab Police dragnet yesterday, is now lodged in isolation and beneath enhanced safety in Dibrugarh jail, within the northeastern Indian state of Assam. This is a high-security jail that after held arrested militants of the United Liberation Front of Assam.

Supporters of Amritpal Singh proceed to assert that he ‘surrendered’, regardless that Punjab Police made it clear that he was surrounded and had nowhere to run. Photo courtesy: Twitter/@AdityaRajKaul

Several aides of Amritpal are additionally being held in Dibrugarh jail. All of them are booked beneath the National Security Act (NSA), which allows an extended detention by the legislation enforcement authorities. At least a dozen extra safety cameras have been put in to watch Amritpal and his aides, as per studies, augmenting the 50-plus CCTV setup of the jail.

Amritpal turned chief of the outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’ final yr, after the unintentional dying of its founder Deep Singh Sandhu. Not solely has Amritpal styled himself on Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the previous militant chief of the Khalistan motion, however he was additionally arrested at a gurudwara in Rode, the native village of Bhindranwale.

A file picture of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh along with his aides. Photo courtesy: Twitter/@TheAusToday

From the time information of the arrest broke early on Sunday morning, there was hypothesis across the circumstances of his arrest. His supporters hold claiming that Amritpal selected to give up; Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sukhchain Singh Gill has dismissed this declare and clearly acknowledged that it was an arrest made by way of co-ordinated intelligence work, leaving Amritpal with nowhere to run.

The police didn’t enter the gurudwara, however Amritpal was surrounded, and the village was cordoned off, so he was fully cornered, stated the IGP.

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Some studies counsel Amritpal, who had been on the run for over a month, turned afraid of his spouse’s doable arrest, if he continued as a fugitive. His British-Indian spouse, Kirandeep Kaur, who has a United Kingdom passport, was detained at Amritsar airport final week, simply when she was about to fly out to London. Some different studies counsel Jasbir Singh Rode, the nephew of Bhindranwale, secretly knowledgeable the police after attending to know that Amritpal was hiding within the gurudwara and wished to present himself up.