Amritpal Singh's associate and gunman Varinder Singh Johal arrested

The Tarn Taran police on Monday arrested yet another gunman of 'Waris Punjab De' chief and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh. The gunman has been identified as Varinder Singh Johal. According to reports, Johal is also alleged to have been a trainer for the Anandpur Khalsa Force (AKF) operating in Punjab.

Earlier, Varinder Singh Johal was arrested by Tarn Taran police, for allegedly promoting and glorifying gun-culture.

Amritpal, who continues to elude the cops, was last spotted by CCTV cameras in Patiala even as Punjab Police's hunt for the Khalistani leader entered tenth day on Monday without a breakthrough. He has been on the run since March 18. Amritpal was said to be hiding at a relative's house there.

The CCTV footage reveals that he left for Kurukshetra in Haryana from Amritsar, and was headed for the national capital. It is being reported that he allegedly disembarked at a bus terminal in the guise of a monk yesterday.

On the other hand, Joint operations are being made by teams of Delhi Police and Punjab police in Delhi and its borders' areas after receiving intelligence inputs about Amritpal seen at Delhi's ISBT bus terminal, they added.

Earlier on Sunday, the Punjab Police had arrested a man for sheltering Amritpal's gunman. The arrested man was identified as one Balwant Singh of Khanna. Although it was learnt that Balwant sheltered Amritpal's close aid Tajinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba (42), the police have not found any links connecting him directly with the Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh.