The person now recognized as Pappalpreet Singh drove Amritpal Singh.
The person driving Amritpal Singh on a two-wheeler has been recognized, police sources mentioned, hours after safety footage from varied CCTV cameras revealed how the Khalistani chief managed to evade the police and get away. Sources mentioned the bearded and turbaned man driving the Bajaj Platina motorbike is Pappalpreet Singh, a former journalist from Amritsar and an in depth aide of Amritpal Singh. They described him as the primary drive behind the Khalistani chief, who got here on the police radar final month after his supporters had an armed conflict with the police.
Amritpal Singh has been on the run for 3 days, going underground on Saturday, when the Punjab Police launched a manhunt for him. On Day One, he modified garments and automobiles at the least twice. From a Mercedes, he switched to a Maruti Brezza and from that, to a two-wheeler.
In footage accessed completely by NDTV, the 30-year-old is seen exiting the Maruti Brezza and rushing in direction of Jalandhar metropolis with 4 accomplices on two motor bikes. The trade passed off on a slender, empty street operating via lush inexperienced fields. Sources mentioned it was a rural space in Jalandhar district. Barring them, nobody gave the impression to be in sight.
Whereas the person now recognized as Pappalpreet Singh drove Amritpal Singh, three others had been seen taking one other bike. That is the footage the place he’s seen final.
A video clip from Saturday morning confirmed him at a toll sales space in Jalandhar. The automobile, the place he occupied the entrance seat, was the white Maruti Brezza, rather than the Mercedes SUV he was utilizing initially.
The Mercedes was discovered deserted at a village in Jalandhar’s Shahkot. The police recovered a non-public walkie talkie, rifle, 57 reside cartridges, a sword, and scores of registration quantity plates.
4 males have been arrested for serving to the Khalistani chief, who, the police now say, had hyperlinks with Pakistan intelligence company ISI. The arrested males, throughout questioning, revealed that Amritpal Singh went to Nangal Ambian gurdwara, the place he modified his garments for a second time and shortly after, switched to bikes.
The Punjab Police have invoked the stringent Nationwide Safety Act in opposition to Amritpal Singh, claimed a petition within the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom. Whereas listening to it, Justice NS Shekhawat slammed the state police, questioning how one man can escape an 80,000-strong police drive.
