Amritpal Singh Dhillon had recently returned from Canada and was the one driving the SUV at the time of the accident. Reportedly, Amritpal had purchased the Fortuner from Ravindra Singh of Rurhampur two years ago.
Father says Amritpal will lead the party when he comes out from the prison.
The former Punjab CM added that the fact that he is an elected representative, Centre should respect the mandate of the people and allow the jailed sympathizer to attend the parliament.
Notably, a request from jailed Khadoor Sahib MP-elect was forwarded to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla by Punjab government, requesting a temporary release for swearing-in.
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Ten members of Waris Punjab De, including Singh and one of his uncles, have been in jail since last year after they were arrested under the stringent National Security Act from different parts of Punjab following a crackdown on the pro-Khalistani outfit.
Amritpal Singh, who fought the election as an Independent candidate, won by a margin of 1,97,120 votes.
SAD nominees Major Singh Uboke, Prem Singh Lalpur, Tarlochan Singh Tur and Rattan Singh Ajnala had won the erstwhile Tarn Taran constituency in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 respectively
A self-styled separatist leader and Khalistan sympathiser, Amritpal openly boasts about idolising slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
As Singh has not been convicted yet, he is eligible to contest the election. Kejriwal, however, cannot cast his franchisee according to Section 62 (5) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
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With Amritpal Singh’s arrest, another chapter on Punjab’s unsettled socio-political milieu has written itself. The people of Punjab were quicker to see through Amritpal than the media and the politicians who sought to make the pretender bigger than his actual abilities and fanned his rapid rise
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"He has been kept in a special cell under tight security. A team from Punjab Police is present in the jail along with personnel of Assam Police," a senior official said.
Security in and around the jail premises has been beefed up since March 19, when four members of the Waris Punjab De (WPD) were brought here in the first batch.
Punjab IGP confirmed that the controversial Khalistan sympathiser, Amritpal Singh, was arrested from a Gurudwara in Rode at around 6.45 am on April 23.
The 29-year-old Khalistani sympathiser was arrested from Rode village in Moga. The news of the arrest was confirmed by Panjab Police via a tweet.
In February, Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala Police Station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police for the release of one of his aides.
The police launched a major crackdown against Amritpal Singh and members of his ’Waris Punjab De’ outfit last month.
Papalpreet, 38, is considered the brain behind Amritpal's escape from the police dragnet.
The radical preacher has been on the run since March 18 but eight of his close aides, including uncle Harjit Singh and Daljit Singh Kalsi, have been arrested and sent to Dibrugarh
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The purported video surfaced hours after his audio clip came out on social media in which he debunked speculation he was negotiating his surrender.
In the video clip too he had tried to argue that the issue was not just his arrest, but about larger concerns of the Sikh community.
There was heavy police deployment in and around the Marnaian village here where extensive search launched late on Tuesday night after some suspects abandoned their vehicle following a chase.