In a major development, a court in Punjab on Friday sent Akash Deep Singh to another 5-day Police remand after shocking revelations were found in interrogation. Akash Deep Singh was arrested on January 26, 2025 after he vandalised BR Ambedkar's statue on Heritage Street Amritsar and set the stone-carved constitution on fire. Due to the Ambedkar statue vandalism, multiple cities including Jalandhar, Ludhiana, and Kapurthala observed a complete bandh to protest against the incident.
Giving information in this regard, ACP Jaspal Singh said that today the person who tried to break the statue of Dr. BR Ambedkar ji was again produced in the honorable court, and from there the honorable judge gave him another five-day police remand and he will be questioned more thoroughly. And till now he has not said anything about himself and the contact details of this person in Dubai are also being investigated and details are also being extracted from his mobile phone.
On the other hand, in the same case, Advocate Anil said that this person was brainwashed in Dubai. And he has admitted during interrogation that after this he was going to go to Bathinda and had planned to burn the Tricolour flag. At present, the police have taken another five-day police remand of him.
Advocate Anil while talking to the media said that Akash Deep has a connection in Dubai and he brought two Tricolour flags from Dubai only. The accused tore down one flag at the spot i.e. near the Ambedkar's statue in Amritsar. He further revealed that the Police are investigating CCTVs and tracing his movements as it is said that he came there from the bus stand. The Police are investigating whether any other people were involved in this incident.