The self-styled Sikh preacher managed to give police a slip after changing his vehicle on Saturday when police had launched a crackdown against him and his outfit 'Waris Punjab De'.
'Go around and ask what Amritpal has done for the village and nearby areas.'
Amid the crackdown on 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh and his aides, four accused were detained in Ludhiana on Wednesday, and were sent to jail, informed the police.
A new picture of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced Monday on social media as another close associate of the radical preacher was detained under the stringent NSA.
"Amritpal Singh came to the Rodewal Gurudwara on Saturday night. He himself informed the police about his presence and that he will surrender this morning at 7 am," claimed Singh Sahib Giani Jasbir Singh Rode of Rodewal Gurudwara in Moga, while speaking to ANI over phone.
There is no official word from the Punjab police on the fresh footage.
Amritpal Singh was arrested by the Punjab police at around 6:45 am from village Rode after absconding for more than one month.
During his stay in the national capital, neither Singh nor his relatives or family members can make a statement in any form of media, according to the conditions laid down
Ranjit Singh, the granthi (Sikh priest), said in his complaint with police that the 'Waris Punjab De' chief and his three aides entered the gurdwara and demanded clothes of his son at gunpoint to change his appearance.
Officials said Papalpreet Singh is considered one of Amritpal Singh's mentors who had been advising him on various issues.
The Punjab government has informed the Akal Takht that 348 of the 360 people taken into preventive custody during a police crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh have now been freed.
Delhi Police sources on Friday said that the head of the pro-Khalistani outfit 'Waris Punjab De' is suspected to have left for Delhi.
The Punjab Police has been on high alert after the pro-Khalistan radical preacher escaped its dragnet.
Amritpal Singh said in an interview with ANI that incident and subsequent release of Lovepreet Singh will "change the course of the future".
The self-styled Sikh preacher continued to be on the run for a week now following the police crackdown against him and his Waris Punjab De outfit.
The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice in the post-lunch period on Thursday as a war of words broke out between the treasury and opposition benches, triggered by Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi's spat with the Bharatiya Janata Party's Ravneet Singh Bittu.
The radical preacher's brazen activities evinced his methodical efforts to undermine the fabric of society, they claimed and added that he during his speeches and sermons alleged that the government was leaving no stone unturned in its quest to disarm Sikhs by revoking their weapons licences.
The surprising part was that seven of his personal security officers were youngsters, who had joined his drug de-addiction centre for rehabilitation, the officials said, adding that during their stay there for treatment they had been imparted training.
A multi-tier security arrangement has been made at the Central Jail in Dibrugarh where Singh will be lodged.
Amritpal and Papalpreet had been on the run since March 18 when the Punjab Police launched a crackdown against the Khalistan sympathiser and his aides.
Amritpal Singh and others are on the run and a massive manhunt has been launched to nab them, a police spokesperson said.
'It is funny that he's on CCTV all the time, but the Punjab police can't find him.'
Amritsar Rural senior superintendent of police Satinder Singh said seven of Amritpal's associates have been arrested under the provisions of the Arms Act.
Siyalka accompanied family members of arrested 'Waris Punjab De' activists, including Amritpal Singh, who arrived in Dibrugarh earlier in the day and met them at the jail.
IGP Gill revealed that the Waris Punjab De chief's last location was in Haryana.
According to officials, security has been tightened in Assam.
The ongoing crackdown on Khalistan supporters has brought to light a questionable delay in revoking arms licences granted to the armed guards of radical preacher Amritpal Singh in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Cops deployed in and around Marnaian village were also checking vehicles in the search of the radical preacher.
Haryana Police have arrested a woman who allegedly harboured Amritpal Singh and his associate Papalpreet Singh at her home in Kurukshetra district, an indication that the pro-Khalistan preacher might have fled Punjab.
Punjab Police expanded their search for Amritpal Singh on Friday to 'deras' and other possible hideouts of the fugitive preacher in Hoshiarpur district, where some suspects had abandoned their car following a chase three days ago.
Punjab police have arrested an Indian-origin transnational drug lord, wanted by the FBI in connection with one of the largest narcotics seizures in the US. Shehnaz Singh, also known as Shawn Bhinder, had been operating under the guise of a transportation business in Canada since 2014 and allegedly facilitated the movement of drugs from Colombia to the US and Canada via Mexico. Bhinder was arrested in Ludhiana, Punjab, after he had managed to give a slip to FBI sleuths and clandestinely landed in India. He was wanted by the FBI in connection with a seizure of 391 kg methamphetamine, 109 kg cocaine, four sophisticated weapons, and vehicles from six of his associates on February 26, 2025.
Replying to a question, Amritpal's uncle said the family will go to Assam's Dibrugarh and meet him.
The Punjab Police on Monday said it has invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against five people linked to radical preacher Amritpal Singh's 'Waris Punjab De'.
'Amritpal was just a plant.' 'We have to be careful that such kind of people do not emerge in Punjab.'
The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday booked Varinder Singh, suspected to be the bodyguard of the fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, under the Arms Act in connection with a gun licence issued to him in Kishtwar district, officials said.
According to a senior police official, Amritpal and his aide Papalpreet Singh had allegedly stayed at the residence of Balbir Kaur in Patiala's Hargobind Nagar on March 19.
Border Security Force personnel later found human footprints heading towards the Pakistani side, raising the possibility of an unintentional border crossing.
An order to detain radical preacher Amritpal Singh under the stringent National Security Act was issued by the Amritsar district magistrate on Saturday, said a police officer's affidavit which also described how the Waris Punjab De chief gave the cops the slip.
Despite being sighted in several CCTV footage and photos with changed appearances at many places, including Patiala, Kurukshetra and Delhi, the radical preacher continued to hoodwink the police.
Replying to a question, she said people voted for him with expectations that he would work for their welfare.
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