PTI
Chandigarh, April 23
Family members of Khalistan sympathiserAmritpal Singh, who was arrested from Punjab’s Moga district on Sunday morning, stated they felt relieved on seeing him after greater than a month and would fight their legal battle.
“We got here to know via the media at 7:15 am that he has been arrested,” Amritpal’s uncle Sukhchain Singh stated in Amritsar.
“Today, the household is feeling worry-free. We have seen him (Amritpal),” he stated.
Replying to a query, Amritpal’s uncle stated the household will go to Assam’s Dibrugarh and meet him. “We will fight our legal battle,” he additional stated.
“Police stated that Amritpal was arrested whereas Jasbir Singh Rode, former Jathedar of the Akal Takht, stated he surrendered. It will be clear in a day or two,” Sukhchain Singh stated.
The Punjab Police arrested Amritpal Singh in Moga’s Rode village early Sunday, ending an over a month-long manhunt towards the Khalistan sympathiser who styled himself after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
The preacher was taken into custody at 6.45 am as he got here out of the gurdwara in Rode, Bhindranwale’s native village and in addition the place the place he himself took over final yr because the chief of Waris Punjab De. He was later flown by a particular flight from Bathinda air power station to Dibrugarh in Assam and lodged in a excessive safety jail.
Amritpal’s father Tarsem Singh stated they had been pleased with him, and claimed that his son surrendered earlier than the police.
“We had been comfortable to see his face after 36 days,” the daddy stated.
Asked if there have been apprehensions that Amritpal had shorn his hair, Tarsem Singh stated, “We had been certain that it might not occur.” Amritpal’s mom Balwinder Kaur stated that they had been proud that he has surrendered. “We are proud that he surrendered on the place the place his turban-tying ceremony was held,” stated Kaur.
“We are comfortable that our son surrendered whereas being in full ‘Sikhi sarup’ (not having shorn his hair),” she stated, including that Amritpal even shared a video during which he stated he would give up.
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