Punjab Police to arrest seven aides of WPD Amritpal Singh in Ajnala police station attack case

In a significant law enforcement move, the Punjab Police is set to bring back seven key associates of Amritpal Singh, leader of Waris Punjab De (WPD), from Dibrugarh Jail, Assam. 

They will be formally arrested in connection with the Ajnala Police Station attack case and made to face legal proceedings, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav announced in Chandigarh on Sunday.

The individuals being brought back have been identified as Basant Singh from Daulatpura Ucha in Moga, Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke from Bajeke in Moga, Gurmeet Singh Gill alias Gurmeet Bukkanwala from Bukkanwala in Moga, Sarabjeet Singh Kalsi alias Daljeet Singh Kalsi from West Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi, Gurinderpal Singh Aujla alias Guri Aujla from Phagwara, Harjeet Singh alias Chacha from Jallupur Khera in Amritsar, and Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal alias Kulwant Singh from Rauke Kalan in Moga.

These individuals have been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) at Dibrugarh Jail for the past two years.

DGP Gaurav Yadav stated that a high-level police team, led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Harinder Singh Gill, has been deployed at Dibrugarh Jail to carry out the arrests upon completion of their NSA detention period. 

The Punjab Police will then present them before the Hon’ble Court in Dibrugarh to obtain transit remand and ensure their swift return to Punjab for trial, he added.

According to official records, on February 23, 2023, Amritpal Singh and his supporters used Sri Palki Sahib with parkash of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji as cover and launched an attack on Ajnala Police Station to secure the release of their associate, Lovepreet Singh alias Toofan. 

Following the attack, Amritsar Rural Police registered FIR no. 39 dated 24/2/2023 under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 307, 353, 186, 332, 333, 506, 120-B, 427, 148, and 149 at Ajnala Police Station.

Providing further details, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Border Range Satinder Singh, accompanied by SSP Amritsar Rural Maninder Singh, addressed the media, stating that beginning Monday, seven of the 10 detainees will be brought back to Punjab for trial in various cases across the state. 

“We will make their (seven individuals) formal arrest in FIR no. 39/23 registered at Ajnala Police Station to begin investigations in the case,” he said.