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politics2 years ago•2 min saved

Alleged Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh arrested in India after 36-day manhunt.

Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, who had been on the run since mid-March, for attempted murder, obstruction of law enforcement, and creating disharmony. Singh and his supporters had raided a police station in February after one of his aides was arrested. His arrest has revived talk of an independent Sikh homeland and stoked fears of a return to violence in Punjab. Singh was arrested under the National Security Act, which allows for detention without charge for up to a year.

via Al Jazeera English|

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politics2 years ago•1 min saved

Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh arrested after month-long manhunt in Punjab.

Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh, who leads a group called Waris Punjab De, after a month-long search. Singh's rise has revived talk of an independent Sikh homeland and stoked fears of a return to violence that killed tens of thousands of people in the 1980s and early 1990s during a Sikh insurgency. He was arrested in a Sikh temple under the National Security Act, which allows for those deemed a threat to national security to be detained without charge for up to a year.

via Reuters India|

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crime2 years ago•2 min saved

Fugitive Amritpal Singh's Aide Papalpreet Arrested and Escapes Police with Him.

Fugitive radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh's close aide Pappalpreet Singh was arrested by the counter-intelligence unit of Punjab police from Punjab's Hoshiarpur. He has been detained under the National Security Act. The arrest was part of a joint operation of the Punjab Police and the special cell of the Delhi police. Amritpal Singh, who has evaded arrest so far, sought a meeting of the Sikhs later this month, after which the Punjab police cancelled the leaves of all cops in the state till Baisakhi celebrations on April 14.

via NDTV|

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