Fugitive Radical Preacher Amritpal Singh’s Getaway Bike Found Near Jalandhar

Guwahati: Punjab Police found the bike that Amritpal Singh, the leader of “Waris Punjab De,” left on on Wednesday.

The bike was found abandoned next to a canal in Darapur area, 45 km from Jalandhar.

Earlier, CCTV images surfaced showing Amritpal Singh fleeing in an SUV in Jalandhar on March 18. (Saturday).

Jalandhar village residents asserted Amritpal Singh was in their community on March 18. A Surveillance video from the nearby villagers has surfaced. Police in Punjab have not formally confirmed this. Men are seen waiting in a car and on a bike next to a field in the video. A second bike is nearby and is getting ready to leave when the first one with three riders moves.

Pictures of the missing Khailistani commander were published by the Punjab Police earlier today. The Khalistani sympathiser has not yet been apprehended, Punjab’s Inspector General of Police (Headquarters), Sukhchain Singh Gill stated during a press briefing.

“There are several pictures of Amritpal Singh in different attires. We are releasing all of these pictures. I request you display them so that people can help us to arrest him in this case,” said IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill.

Amritpal Singh has also been the subject of a lookout circular (LOC) and non-bailable warrant (NBW).

IGP Singh added that so far, 154 persons have been detained and placed under arrest. IGP Gill also appealed for assistance in apprehending Amritpal.

According to the police, Amritpal’s uncle Harjit Singh and driver Harpreet Singh surrendered near Bullandpur gurdwara in the Mehatpur area in Jalandhar late Sunday night.

The radical preacher has been on the lam after the authorities began a “major state-wide cordon and search operations (CASO)” against members of the “Waris Punjab De” on Saturday.