Tribune News Service
Chandigarh/Jalandhar, April 10
Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh’s shut aide Papalpreet Singh was on Monday arrested in Hoshiarpur.
Amritpal and Papalpreet have been collectively after their dramatic escape from a police chase in Jalandhar.
They had repotedely taken completely different routes to flee after reaching Hoshiarpur.
Papalpreet was arrested in a Punjab Police operation that additionally concerned its counter intelligence wing. Papalpreet is taken into account to be his mentor and has allegedly been in contact with Pakistan’s ISI.
Amritpal and Papalpreet had been on the run since March 18 when the Punjab Police launched a crackdown towards the Khalistan sympathiser and his aides.
Amritpal escaped the police internet in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching automobiles and altering appearances.
He and his associates have been booked below a number of felony instances associated to spreading disharmony amongst lessons, try and homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of obligation by public servants.
Earlier in the day, Punjab Police chief Gaurav Yadav mentioned police will nab whosoever is needed by the regulation and it’s higher that such folks undergo the regulation.
The Punjab police chief additional mentioned that hard-earned peace in the state wouldn’t be allowed to be disturbed.
“Mischievous parts, who’ve the assist of international forces and Pakistan’s ISI, attempting to disturb peace in Punjab won’t be allowed to succeed,” Yadav mentioned, including the “scenario in Punjab is sort of regular”.
With PTI inputs