Photo for representation. File photo
Amritsar, April 15
Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh’s mother Balwinder Kaur and other family members were among six persons released from Amritsar Central Jail here today in the evening.
They were detained under preventive measures when they were going to Takht Damdama Sahib at Bathinda for carrying out Khalsa March seeking transfer of Amritpal Singh and his associates lodged in Dibrugarh Jail in Assam under the National Security Act.
They had applied for bail in the sessions court here but were released by the police on bail. After release, they reached the protest site at Heritage Street.
Balwinder Kaur along with other family members and several Sikh organisations had been holding a protest at the Heritage Street near Golden Temple for the past two months for shifting Amritpal and others from Assam jail to Punjab.
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