In Punjab, seven associates of the radical preacher and Lok Sabha MP Amritpal Singh have been produced before a court in Amritsar’s Ajnala, today, under heavy police deployment, and the court remanded them for another three days to police custody until March 28th. They were involved in attacking Ajnala Police Station in 2023.
DSP Gurvinder Singh said that the case was registered on 250 persons out of which 39 have been arrested. After bringing the seven back from Assam’s Dibrugarh Jail on March 21st and producing them in court, they were remanded to police custody till today. All seven were detained in Dibrugarh Jail under National Security Act (NSA).
According to the officials of Assam police, a 25-member team of Punjab Police reached Assam on Monday and sought transit remand for the seven detainees who were transferred to Dibrugarh jail in March 2023.
The process of granting the transit remand by a district court took three days, and finally, they have been handed over, a senior cop from Dibrugarh district said.
The seven, including Gurmeet Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Daljit Singh Kalsi and Basant Singh, were released on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, Kulwant Singh, Harjeet Singh, and Gurinder Pal Singh were released, the officials added. According to official sources, they will be produced before the court in Amritsar district.