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By India Today News Desk: Following Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh’s arrest in Punjab’s Moga on Sunday, state IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill said the National Security Act (NSA) warrants issued against the Waris Punjab De Chief were executed.
The NSA was invoked against Amritpal Singh after a massive crackdown by the Punjab Police that began on March 18, which prompted the Khalistani propagator to flee the cops.
“NSA warrants were issued against Amritpal Singh and those warrants have been executed today morning…Amritpal Singh has been arrested by Punjab Police around 6.45 am today morning in village Rode,” said Punjab IGP Sukhchain Singh Gill.
Last month, when the NSA was slapped against the “fugitive” Amritpal, the Punjab IGP said that the police had a strong suspicion of the involvement of Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
It is alleged that Amritpal Singh was trying to train its own army – the Anandpur Khalsa Force (AKF) – on the lines of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF).
“We have a very strong suspicion of an ISI angle,” he had said, adding that the cops suspected a nexus of foreign funding.
“Going by the circumstances, it seems that ISI is involved and there is foreign funding as well,” he said last month.
Meanwhile, the Waris Punjab De Chief will be flown to the Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam, where his other close aides, including Papalpreet Singh, are lodged. Eight of his associates have also been slapped with NSA.
Booked under the NSA, Amritpal Singh could be detained for at least twelve months unless an extension is sought on the basis of new evidence. The NSA empowers the police to keep him in custody for ten days without substantiating charges against him.
The Khalistani ideologue is also facing a slew of other charges — he and his associates were booked for spreading disharmony, attempt to murder, attacking police personnel and obstructing public servants’ lawful discharge of duty after storming the Ajnala police station on February 23.
FIRs were also registered against Amritpal and his cronies for extortion by putting a person in a fear of death, criminal intimidation, rioting, and unlawful assembly. Charges were brought against him under the Arms Act after a large stock of guns was recovered from his aides.
KNOW ABOUT NSA
The National Security Act is an act by the Indian parliament promulgated on September 23, 1980, solving the purpose of preventive detention law. The National Security Act (NSA) allows the central government or a state government to detain a person to prevent him from engaging in any kind of activity that might jeopardise national security.
The government may also detain the individual to prevent him from disrupting public order. The period to be detained is twelve months. The extension will take place if the government issues fresh evidence against the individual.
PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT
- The person can’t be charged during the detention period
- The government can detain a person from disrupting public order and maintaining supplies and services essential to the community
- If evidence shows the detainee is proven right, then the period can be extended to more than 12 months.
GROUNDS FOR DETENTION UNDER NSA
Individuals’ detention takes place when there is prejudice against the defence of India, relationship with foreign nations, or the security of India.
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