SSB steps up vigil, puts up Amritpal’s posters along Indo-Nepal border in UP

The Sashastra Seema Bal has issued an alert and put up posters bearing pictures of Amritpal Singh and his aides along the border with Nepal to avert the possibility of the radical preacher fleeing the country via Uttar Pradesh.

Bahraich: The Sashastra Seema Bal has issued an alert and put up posters bearing pictures of Amritpal Singh and his aides along the border with Nepal to avert the possibility of the radical preacher fleeing the country via Uttar Pradesh.

Amritpal and his aides’ photographs have also been uploaded on the mobile phones of SSB personnel and in the facial recognition software used on the border. (HT FIle Photo)

Commandant of the Sashastra Seema Bal’s (SSB) 42nd Battalion said each check-post of the border was under intensified vigil. “Based on inputs from intelligence agencies that Amritpal can enter Nepal, we have issued an alert on the border. Posters with their pictures have also been put up on the border in Rupaidiha. We are closely monitoring the movement of people along the border,” Das said.

Amritpal and his aides’ photographs have also been uploaded on the mobile phones of SSB personnel and in the facial recognition software used on the border, he said.

Das said 22 highly-sensitive cameras were installed at different places along the border and are capable of graphical face recognition. “If someone whose photo was uploaded in the system tries to dodge security men by changing his attire or get-up, the camera would recognise his or her face,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the Haryana Police said it has stepped up vigil across the state and its personnel have been put on alert after Amritpal’s last location was traced in the Kurukshetra district.

Alert issued in Uttarakhand

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the Uttarakhand as a precaution in view of the possibility of Amritpal Singh entering the state, the state’s Director General of Police Ashok Kumar has said.

“An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udham Singh Nagar districts of the state as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh entering the state,” the DGP told ANI.

Shariq Rais Siddiqui & agencies