Amritsar: The Punjab Police on Tuesday shut down a de-addiction center run by ‘Waris Punjab D’ chief Amritpal Singh in the state’s Amritsar district. This facility was running at Jallupur Kheda in Amritsar. Gurmukh Singh, the caretaker of the centre, said, “Police reached here and searched. They asked us to close the centre. 70 people who came for treatment were sent back.” The caretaker claimed that the police had not found anything at the center and that only de-addiction treatment was given at the centre. The caretaker said, “Amritpal used to come here and people used to come here to get treatment for their problems. Nothing wrong is happening here and whatever is being said about the place is wrong.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Nepal, Pakistan along with other international organizations came under fire after the Center circulated a message to the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) considering the possibility of the escape of heir Punjab de chief Amritpal Singh. The borders were alerted. Country.
The MHA has asked the chiefs of both the BSF and the SSB to direct their forces deployed along the international borders to remain vigilant amid the ongoing hunt against Khalistan sympathizer Amritpal Singh, whose hunt entered the fourth day on Tuesday. top government sources said.
All major border outposts along the international borders with Nepal, Punjab and Bangladesh and border units of BSF and SSB deployed there have been alerted and put on high alert with intelligence input that Amritpal Singh is planning his escape. may run away from the country. arrest, said a source requesting anonymity.
The source said photographs of Amritpal Singh have also been circulated at these major exit points at the international borders so that the radical self-styled Sikh preacher does not leave the country.
A senior official said the two paramilitary forces had already sent all necessary inputs to their field units with pictures of Amritpal Singh with and without the turban.
The move comes amid heavy crackdown by the Punjab Police against Waris Punjab D chief Amritpal Singh that entered the fourth day on Tuesday. Punjab Police has declared Amritpal Singh a fugitive.
While Amritpal Singh’s uncle Harjeet Singh and driver Harpreet Singh have surrendered before the Jalandhar police, the radical preacher is still absconding.
The Punjab government also extended the suspension of mobile internet and SMS services. The Punjab government on Saturday launched a major crackdown against Amritpal, with the police arresting 78 members of an organization headed by him. The police action comes a day before the start of Amritpal. ‘Khalsa Vahir’ – a religious procession – from Muktsar district.
However, the elusive preacher outwitted the police and escaped a police trap when his convoy was intercepted in Jalandhar district, even as authorities beefed up security at several places in Punjab.
An FIR was lodged against Amritpal and his supporters in connection with breaking into a police post and recovery of a firearm from a vehicle found in another Jalandhar village.
Punjab Inspector General of Police Sukhchain Singh Gill has said that he has deep doubts about the ISI angle and foreign funding in ‘Waris Punjab Day’. He also said that a total of 114 people have been arrested since the start of the operation.