Radical preacher Amritpal Singh has been on the run since the Punjab Police launched a crackdown on his successor Punjab De organization on March 18. (Screengrab via PTI)
According to the IB dossier accessed by News18, Amritpal Singh had offered his services to the ISI for financial purposes. The plan was to bring Amritpal to India as a religious preacher on the lines of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and make Waris Punjab Day his launch platform.
As Khalistan supporter and self-styled preacher Amritpal Singh continues to evade police for more than three weeks now, new details have emerged about his trips to Georgia and alleged conspiracy with Pakistan’s ISI that came just before his arrival in India last year. had come before. ,
According to intelligence agencies, Amritpal Singh Visited Georgia for training before coming to India in September 2022. Authorities claim he was in Georgia from June 20, 2022, to August 18, 2022. “He told his colleagues that he was in Georgia for an eye surgery, but we believe that during the two months he was given arms training by the ISI,” an official investigating the matter told News18.
The hardline preacher has been on the run since the Punjab Police launched a crackdown on his successor, the Punjab De Organisation, on March 18. However, many of his associates have been arrested by the police. The action came after Amritpal and his supporters stormed the Ajnala police station to demand the release of an arrested colleague.
According to an Intelligence Bureau dossier accessed by News18, Amritpal offered his services to the ISI for financial purposes. “He was living in Dubai, which is a hub for ISI agents. The dossier states that Amritpal came into contact with them, motivated by an offer of money to challenge the Indian establishment.
The timeline put together by the Punjab Police and central agencies shows that Amritpal contacted the ISI in Dubai in February 2022 after the death of Deep Sidhu, the then leader of the heir apparent Punjab Dey. Plans were reportedly made to bring Amritpal Singh to India. A religious preacher based on Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Sidhu’s heir makes Punjab Day its launch platform.
Officials said that Amritpal’s image was changed in Dubai, wearing a haircut and tight T-shirt. He was later sent to Georgia, located at the strategic crossroads of Europe and Asia, under the guise of undergoing eye surgery. In Georgia, the ISI reportedly briefed them on Bhindranwale’s mannerisms, oratory skills and dress style, among other things.
“A well-planned plan was worked out to revive militancy in Punjab. Funding, shelter to terrorists, supply of weapons by drones were discussed,” a source told News18.
The officials also pointed to subsequent events that show how the plan to give Amritpal Singh an image makeover translated on the ground. “The coronation of Amritpal as the head of the heir-apparent Punjab Dey took place at Gaon Road in Moga, Bhindranwale’s native village. He was named Bhindranwale 2.0, said an official.
Officials said Amritpal was asked to raise funds through religious programs such as Khalsa Waheer and Amritpan, which baptize Sikh youth and indoctrinate them into the religion. “Creating a band of terrorists who are ready to offer their lives (Khadku), exhorting Sikh youth to choose the path of slain terrorist Dilawar Singh (killer of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh),” the official said. , was the message from ISI to Amritpal.” Said.
Both the Center and the State believe that Deep Sidhu’s Waris Punjab De was just a platform that the ISI wanted to use to launch Amritpal Singh.
Pointing out that Sidhu’s brother, wife and other associates were sidelined as part of the plan, the IB dossier said: “No effort was made to meet the family members of late Deep Sidhu, whose The legacy he is carrying forward despite being near six months. , Such ignorance by Amritpal towards the family members of late Deep Sidhu is a clear proof that he has some ulterior motive in using the platform provided by Deep Sidhu.
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