Court sends Amritpal's aides to judicial custody

A sub-divisional court at Ajnala has sent eight aides of Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh to judicial custody after expiry of their extended police remand. Those sent to judicial custody were Basant Singh of Daulatpura Ucha in Moga, Bhagwant Singh, alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke, of Bajeke village in Moga, Gurmeet Singh Gill of Bukkanwala village in Moga, Sarabjeet Singh Kalsi, alias Daljit Singh, of West Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, Gurinderpal Singh Aujla of Phagwara, Harjeet Singh, alias Chacha, of Jallupur Khera village in Amritsar, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal of Rauke Kalan in Moga and Amandeep Singh of Panjgraiyan in Kotkapura.

They were arrested in connection with the Ajnala police station attack case that occurred on February 23, 2023. Earlier, they were brought from Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam where they were lodged under the National Security Act (NSA) along with pro-Khalistan propagator Amritpal Singh after the Punjab Government decided not to reimpose the NSA against them.

Amritpal’s term would end on April 22, while his close aide Pappalpreet Singh’s tenure would conclude on April 10. It was yet to be seen whether the Punjab Government would extend the NSA against them or not. The seven aides were brought from Assam jail and produced in the Ajnala court on March 21, which sent them to four-day police remand. The eighth suspect Amandeep Singh, who was arrested from Kotkapura on March 22, was also sent to the police custody. Their remand was extended for three days on March 25.