Amritpal’s aides produced in court for attack on Ajnala police station

Forty-one associates of pro-Khalistan leader and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh were produced in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge amid tight security here on Thursday.

Among them were eight associates of Amritpal who were released from the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam after the removal of National Security Act (NSA) against them. Amritpal Singh is still in the Dibrugarh jail as his tenure under the NSA has been extended by a year.

All of them were produced in the court in connection with the Ajnala police station attack of February 2023. On July 29, the court framed charges against them under various sections the IPC and the Arms Act. The court had directed the prosecution to ensure their physical presence on Thursday. Their counsel Rituraj Singh Sandhu said all accused had pleaded not guilty in the court and now the trial would start on August 2, the next date of hearing.

Earlier, the trial in the case was going on at the Ajnala sub-divisional court.

In February 2023, Amritpal and his hundreds of armed supporters had stormed the Ajnala police station to get his associate Lovepreet Singh Toofan released from there. They allegedly attacked cops, leading to serious injuries to six cops, including an SP-rank official.