Amritpal Singh may surrender in Punjab say reports

Radical Sikh leader, Amritpal Singh who has been on the run is expected to surrender before the Akal Takht.

Amritpal Singh who has been seen in several places since the Punjab Police launched a manhunt for him is said to have returned to Punjab.

Several reports while citing sources said that Singh is back in Punjab and likely to surrender at Bathinda.

Meanwhile the Punjab Police has declared a high state of alert and are looking to arrest Amritpal Singh and not allow him to surrender.

The fact that the Amritpal is looking to surrender before Akal Takht is interesting is because the highest temporal body of the Sikhs had given the Punjab government an ultimatum to release all those arrested during the crackdown on Amritpal Singh.

The Punjab Police had said that it had released 197 persons of the total 353 taken into preventive custody n the apprehension of breach of law and order.

The Jathedaar of the Akal Takht Giani Harpreet Singh had convened a special meeting of Sikh organisations, including intellectuals, Sikh lawyers, journalists, religious and social leaders to discuss the ongoing situation in Punjab following the March 18 police crackdown on Khalistan activist Amritpal Singh and his aides.

In the run up to the crackdown, the administration had suspended internet services in many parts of Punjab to keep the law and order situation under control.

Singh has however managed to escape on numerous occasions. He has been seen in many avatars, at times with his hair let lose at times with a goggles and a jacket.

The Indian establishment had also sounded off the administration in Nepal to keep an eye on the movements of Amritpal Singh. It was said that Singh was looking to flee the country and reach Nepal before flying out to an unknown destination.