Punjab Police arrest pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh’s aide Papalpreet

Inspector General Sukhchain Singh Gill said Papalpreet Singh was arrested after multiple police teams carried out a special operation with assistance from the counter intelligence wing

Updated on: Apr 10, 2023, 16:18:28 IST

By Ravinder Vasudeva, Navrajdeep Singh

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In a big breakthrough following a month-long manhunt, the Punjab Police on Monday arrested a key aide of fugitive radical preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh from Kathunangal village in Amritsar district.

Punjab Police personnel amid a crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh late last month. (Sameer Sehgal/ HT Photo)

Inspector General Sukhchain Singh Gill said Papalpreet Singh was arrested after multiple police teams carried out a special operation with assistance from the counter intelligence wing.

“Our teams spearheaded the search operation for the past three days after receiving critical information about Papalpreet’s location,” a senior police official said.

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Papalpreet was last seen with Amritpal in Marnaian village of Hoshiarpur on March 28. Both managed to give law enforcement authorities a slip after returning to Punjab following a crackdown launched by Punjab Police on March 18. The police had also unearthed CCTV footage of him a while back.

A self-proclaimed independent journalist from Majitha in Amritsar, Papalpreet was running an independent website focussing on radical issues. He also handled Amritpal’s social media accounts and managed media for the pro-Khalistan leader.

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Ravinder Vasudeva
Ravinder Vasudeva is a principal correspondent who writes for the Punjab bureau of Hindustan Times.
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Navrajdeep Singh is a senior staff correspondent. He covers agriculture, crime, local bodies, health and education in the Patiala district of Punjab.Read More

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