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Pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, who was arrested on April 23 after a month-long hunt, has refused to reveal the sources of his funding and has the potential to be dangerous to peace and security, sources in Punjab Police told News18. Amritpal Singh has been lodged in a high-security prison in Assam’s Dibrugarh since his arrest by the Punjab Police. Police sources told News18 that, during questioning, the Khalistani sympathiser and head of the Waris Punjab De outfit, indicated that will “not cross the line of criminality if let off”. Amritpal Singh also purportedly told the police he could help fight the drug problem and in Punjab. Police sources further said it needs to be ensured that he isn’t free to build support again. “If he starts a peaceful movement and gathers support, it could be dangerous. We need to stop that from happening,” an official told News18. “He will come back and start doing things that he was doing. He has indicated that he will not cross the line of criminality. He wants to do this fight for long… lambi race ka ghoda… This is dangerous… He said he will fight against drugs and conversion by Christian missionaries and will ensure no criminality," the official added. The rise of the radical preacher, with pro-Khalistan sympathies and his successful evasion of arrest ever since he and a posse of armed supporters stormed a police station in March, brought back fears of the militancy which had stalked Punjab in the 1980s and early 1990s. The Punjab ...

Punjab police had sought their transit remand in a case of extortion registered at the police Jagraon Sadar, District Ludhiana, Punjab. Earlier Punjab police had registered a case under sections related to extortion, the Arms Act, and UAPA in January 2023. On June 6, the Court remanded two accused They were arrested under UAPA after deportation from Manila Philipines on May 19 at the IGI Airport. Special judge Shailendra Malik had remanded both the accused persons in judicial custody till July 4. NIA has interrogated them in connection with the alleged involvement in the recruitment of youth for KTF and also involvement in the smuggling and procurement of Arms and Ammunition and raising funds for the organization. The accused had non-bailable arrest warrants issued against them by the They also have several criminal cases registered against them in Punjab. NIA registered a suo moto case on 20th August last year under various sections of the IPC and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. According to NIA they are allegedly associated with Arshdeep Dhalla and involved in recruitment of youth for KTF and smuggling and procuring of arms and ammunition. They were both hailing from Punjab, were nabbed in an early morning operation by the NIA, whose team was waiting at the airport for their flight to land, the agency said. "The two are 'wanted' close associates of Canada-based 'listed terrorist' Arsh Dhalla on Friday when they arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airpo...

Avtar Singh Khanda, handler of arrested Khalistan supporter Amritpal Singh, has died in UK, with top intelligence sources telling CNN-News18 that the cause of his death was blood cancer. The UK-based head of Khalistan Liberation Force died at Birmingham City Hospital at around 12:45 am (IST) on Thursday, sources said. Khanda was hospitalised in London after he was diagnosed with blood cancer on Wednesday, where he was put on life support. Sources said Khanda’s body got poisoned as a clot burst due to the cancer. Avtar Singh Khanda had groomed Amritpal and also propped him up in Punjab as the leader of ‘Waris Punjab De’ after its founder Deep Sidhu’s death. He was arrested in the UK for pulling down India’s national flag at the embassy in London. Khanda, accused of training Sikh youths on how to make live bombs and handling of IEDs, was in the early stages of blood cancer. Khanda was reportedly the head of the London unit of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) and was the son of KLF terrorist Kulwant Singh Khukhrana. Amritpal was