cA clip reveals him leaving the automobile and making his getaway together with three aides in two bikes
New Delhi:
Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh, who has dodged 1000’s of policemen for 4 days in a dramatic hunt throughout Punjab, has been caught in safety footage throughout completely different phases of his escape.
In footage solely accessed by NDTV, Amritpal Singh is seen exiting a automobile and hightailing it on a motorcycle.
The 30-year-old radical preacher can also be seen in a clip from a toll sales space in Jalandhar at round 11.27 am on Saturday, the day the Punjab police launched its operation to arrest him. He’s within the entrance seat of a Maruti Brezza automobile.
Earlier than this, Amritpal Singh had been noticed in a Mercedes SUV that he dumped by a street in Shahkot. Hours later, he switched to the Brezza of an affiliate, sources say. He apparently modified his garments within the automobile, because the footage reveals him in a shirt as a substitute of his regular flowing robes.
He swapped his spiritual garments for shirt and trousers and altered from a blue to a pink turban.
One other clip reveals him leaving the automobile and making his getaway together with three aides in two bikes. This changeover takes place on a street by a lush inexperienced subject.
The police imagine he hid in a Gurdwara, modified his garments once more and fled.
Additionally they launched photographs of Amritpal Singh in a number of seems, suspecting he may need modified his look and hoping that folks may assist spot him.
The Brezza has been seized, and 4 individuals who helped Amritpal Singh run away have been arrested.
Greater than 120 individuals, together with Amritpal Singh’s uncle, have been arrested since Saturday. A number of members of his outfit “Waris Punjab De” have additionally been arrested beneath the stringent Nationwide Safety Act (NSA) and detained in BJP-ruled Assam. Web was suspended for 3 days however was restored in components at the moment.
The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket slammed the Punjab police and questioned how Amritpal Singh may give them the slip repeatedly.
“You have got 80,000 cops. What had been they doing. How did Amritpal Singh escape?” the Excessive Court docket requested the Punjab authorities, calling it an intelligence failure.
The police crackdown on Amritpal Singh got here three weeks after his supporters clashed with cops on February 23. They stormed a police station, flashing swords and firearms, threatening the police with big penalties if they didn’t launch Singh’s aide Lovepreet Toofan, who was arrested for allegedly assaulting and abducting a person.
Amritpal Singh has been energetic in Punjab for some years and is commonly seen waving from the sunroof of his Mercedes, escorted by armed supporters. He claims to be a follower of terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who was killed in Operation Blue Star in 1984, and is called “Bhindranwale 2.0” amongst his supporters.
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