Punjab to Revoke Amritpal, Aides' Detention Under NSA

7 associates of MP to be arrested, brought to Punjab in next 3 days, says DGP; Amritpal, 2 others to be back next month

- Ravinder Vasudeva

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police will bring back Khadoor Sahib MP and radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his nine associates from the Dibrugarh jail in Assam after the Aam Aadmi Party-led state government decided not to extend their detention under the National Security Act, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

The detention of seven associates is set to expire this month and that of other three, including Amritpal, in April, the officer said, adding they all will face trial in the 2023 Ajnala police station attack.

Deputy Inspector General of Police (border range Amritsar) Satinder Singh said police will take the investigation forward in the 2023 Ajnala police station attack incident. He said that 10 people, who were detained under the NSA, have not been formally arrested yet in the Ajnala police station attack.

"We will arrest the seven persons in the FIR number 39 and bring them back to Punjab," the DIG told reporters in Amritsar.