CHANDIGARH: Fugitive Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh's Britain-origin wife Kirandeep Kaur was arrested today, April 20, at the Amritsar airport while she was trying to board a flight to London, officials said.
A senior police official said she was not permitted to enter the Shri Guru Ram Dass International Airport by the immigration department because she arrived for the Amritsar-London Air India flight. She is currently residing in Jallupur Khera, the native village of Amritpal Singh in Amritsar district.
Kirandeep Kaur has been questioned many rounds by police for her role in supporting the organisation that was formed by the late actor-activist, Deep Sidhu.
Amritpal Singh, against whom the National Security Act has been invoked and a non-bailable warrant issued, is on the run in spsite of the massive manhunt launched to nab him since March 18. The self-styled preacher, who returned from Dubai 2022, tied the knot in a simple ceremony in February. Since then, she has been staying in Punjab.
Papalpreet Singh, the main associate of Amritpal Singh, was booked in Amritsar on April 10 under the National Security Act and that 6 other cases have also been registered against him.
Papalpreet Singh is a Khalistani activist who called himself a journalist before ending up as a media advisor to the radical preacher. A resident of Amritsar, he was earlier detained for his alleged links to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in 2015.
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