Is Amritpal Singh back in Punjab?

The hunt for radical Sikh leader, Amritpal Singh is getting mysterious with the man managing to give the slip for the past one and a half weeks.

India has sounded off Nepal as the Intelligence Bureau believes that he is looking to reach that country and then make an exit.

There has been a lot of CCTV footage that has been released, which show Amritpal in various locations, including Haryana and Delhi. The police has however not commented on these developments and this has given the impression that the footage is undated.

The Punjab Police has informed the High Court that they are close to nabbing Amritpal Singh and the state is going through a very sensitive phase.

The latest information relating to Amritpal suggests that he is back in Punjab. Amritpal and his aides were last seen scaling the walls of the Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh at Hoshiarpur.

This account by a local has led the police to believe that Amritpal Singh may be back in Punjab.

Sources tell OneIndia that Amritpal Singh would try and evade arrest. His arrest would eventually provide the Indian agencies all the information about his foreign links. HIs funding too would become clear.

Pakistan which has been clearly backing the Khalistan movement would want Amritpal out of India as they would not want to get exposed. Pakistan is already under a lot of stress from the international community on terror links. Very recently, it managed to get out of the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The nabbing of Amritpal Singh would put the focus back on Pakistan and hence at any cost, the country would not want him to be caught.

The Punjab Police on the other have remained tight-lipped, thus giving the indication that they are close to catching him. The police have coordinated with the central agencies and may have managed to drive Amritpal back into Punjab, the source cited above said.

On Amritpal, India is taking not chances and has sounded off the border forces about a possible exit he may be trying to make.

There has been a lot of drama around this case, with the fugitive Sikh leader's counsel claiming in the Punjab and Haryana High Court that his client is in police custody. The Punjab government however refuted this claim and said that they were yet to nab him and are coordinating with multiple agencies.