Amritpal Singh is being taken to the central jail in Assam’s Dibrugarh.

New Delhi:

Amritpal Singh, fugitive preacher who has been on the run since March 18, at the moment surrendered earlier than Punjab police in Moga, sources stated. He has been detained by the police.

Amritpal Singh is being shifted to Assam’s Dibrugarh, the place eight of his aides are already being held beneath the National Security Act, which permits detention as much as a 12 months with none cost.

Amritpal Singh, who the federal government describes as a Khalistani-Pakistan agent, has been lively in Punjab for the previous few years and is usually seen escorted by armed supporters. He claims to be a follower of the Khalistani separatist and terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and is called “Bhindranwale 2.0” amongst his supporters.

Punjab Police had launched a crackdown on Amritpal Singh and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’ on March 18, a month after his supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala.

He and his associates have been booked beneath a number of prison circumstances associated to spreading disharmony amongst courses, try to homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.

Intelligence companies say Amritpal Singh has been sourcing weapons from Pakistan by way of its spy company Inter-Services Intelligence and making an attempt to divide Punjab on communal traces. Amritpal Singh had been allegedly main younger individuals in the direction of “gun culture”.