Punjab Police launched a crackdown on Waris Punjab De Chief Amritpal Singh on 18th March 2023 but he somehow dodged the officials and escaped. The manhunt against Amritpal Singh has entered the 7th day but still the Pro-Khalistan leader is far from Police’s grasp. As per the last information received, Amritpal Singh was in Haryana where he stayed with a lady for around two days and then escaped. Haryana lady Baljeet Kaur is currently under police custody. Apart from this, on Thursday Khanna Police arrested Amritpal Singh’s gunman Tejinder Singh Gill aka Gorkha Baba. During the investigation, various anti-national materials were recovered from his phone.
Reportedly, the material recovered from Tejinder Singh Gill’s phone points out to the fact that Amritpal Singh was ready to turn Punjab into Khalistan along with his supporters. The retrieved date from Tejinder Singh Gill’s phone includes videos of youth practicing firing in the range allegedly constructed in Jallupur Kheda village. Adding to this Khalistan currency notes with pictures of Jarnail Singh Bhindrawala have also surfaced. WhatsApp chats in certain groups called Anandpur Khalsa Force and Amritpal Tiger Force. Also, there are some pictures that show, Amritpal Singh and his supporters also had plans to launch a separate flag of Khalistan. Tejinder Singh Gill’s phone also has pictures of Amritpal Singh’s followers using dangerous weapons like AKF 3, AKF 56, AKF 47.
List of data retrieved from Amritpal Singh’s close associate who was also his personal gunman:
1. State emblem and logo of proposed Khalistan state
2. Emblem of several provinces in of proposed Khalistan State
3. Currency bills (10 dollar Khalistani dollar) with picture of Bhindrawale
4. Hologram Logo of AKF
5. Members of AKF with weapons
6. Videos of handling and loading of firearms and firing practice to youngsters
7. Videos of Waris Punjab De members practicing use of weapons in Amritpal Singh’s alleged firing range in Jallupur Kheda.
8. Driving license photo of a Pakistani National
For the unversed, Tejinder Singh Gill was a close associate of Amritpal Singh and a member of Anandpur Khalsa Fauj. AKF was being raised by Amritpal Singh to wage an armed struggle for the formation of a separate Khalistan State. Tejinder Singh Gill met Amritpal Singh through Birkamjit Singh Khalsa,whom he had met at Kisan Andolan, Delhi. He went to Jallupur Khera 5 months back and was inducted as gunman to Amritpal Singh. Tejinder also told that Gurbhej Singh was giving weapon training & martial training to newly inducted members of Waris Punjab De.