Amritsar/Patiala, September 8
The absconding baba of Kar Seva Wale, Amrik Singh, got into more trouble today when the Patiala police found documents pertaining to the purchase of prime land in parts of Punjab and bank accounts in the name of the culprits.

He fled from the Dera Baba Jagtar Singh at Tarn Taran and went underground on July 8 after allegedly embezzling donations worth crores.

The FIR revealed that the absconding baba belonged to a poor family.

The alleged culprit had supervised kar seva of the holy tank at the Golden Temple, gold plating of the Darbar Sahib, Tarn Taran, and work on Sikh shrines in Pakistan.

He had collected huge donations and was kept under captivity for days at the dera, but he fled on the pretext of buying medicines from Amritsar.

The Patiala police registered a fresh case against the absconding baba on the intervention of the Director-General of Police yesterday, when Gurmit Singh submitted more documents pertaining to the purchase of land.

According to the FIR, Amrik Singh had accounts in the Centurion Bank of Punjab at Patiala.

A perusal of the bank statements of this account revealed the manner in which Amrik Singh, Guriqbal Singh and Amandip Singh used to embezzle funds.

Amrik Singh had purchased 27 kanal and five marla of land at a village near Bahadurgarh.

Amrik Singh, Mukhtar Singh, Mukhtar’s wife Harjit Kaur, Mukhtar’s son Amandip Singh, Mukhtar’s daughter Kanwaljit Kaur, Harmohinder Singh, Guriqbal Singh, alias Rinku, and Dharmjit Singh were booked.

The FIR alleged that Amrik Singh had illicit relations with a resident of Bakshiwala.

It was alleged that Amrik Singh had given one kg-and-a-half of gold and a mobile phone to Kanwaljit Kaur.

Another FIR was lodged against supporters of Amrik Singh at Kum Kalan in Ludhiana on behalf of Kuldip Singh, a former driver of the baba.

In the FIR, Kuldip Singh alleged that he and other followers of Jagtar Singh were beaten up by supporters of the absconding baba.

Amrik Singh had secured a multiple visa for Pakistan to carry out kar seva at Sikh shrines in Pakistan.

Amrik Singh, 38 years of age, had joined the dera of Jagtar Singh at the age of 17 years.

He had visited many developed countries, including the USA, to collect donations.