Amritpal Singh
'I am not surrendering': Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh releases new video on YouTube
New Delhi/IBNS: For the second day in a row, radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who has been on run amid a massive manhunt by the Punjab Police for 13 days, released a video on YouTube, saying he will not surrender.
The self-styled preacher supports a call for a separate homeland for Sikhs and is wanted for an armed raid on a police station last month.
He was believed to be travelling to Amritsar through the villages of Hoshiarpur when the Punjab Police was tipped off about his presence in the area.
The Jathedar of Akal Takht (the highest temporal seat of Sikhs) has asked Singh to surrender before the police and cooperate with the investigation.
The police also launched a massive door-to-door search operation in Hoshiarpur and neighbouring villages suspecting Singh and his associates could be hiding in the area.
The Punjab Police have been under immense pressure to arrest him and his supporters after they revived memories of the 1980s Punjab insurgency in which thousands died.
On Monday, a new picture of Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced on social media. Officials said the picture was taken a day after the police operation against the radical Sikh preacher began.
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