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| Radical Preacher Amritpal Singh’s Supporters Clash with Police in India’s Panjab | |
| 2023-02-25 | |
| [KhaamaPress] Amritpal Singh’s supporters confronted police and surrounded a cop shoppe in Punjab’s Amritsar district on Thursday to protest the arrest of one of his accomplices. The incident happened when police detained Singh and his supporters for allegedly kidnapping a man. Several followers of Singh had assembled with swords and other weapons at the cop shoppe in Ajnala, Amritsar, and Panjab states. They overcame obstacles put up by the cops. Amritpal Singh is also known for the support of Khalistan, who allegedly threatened Union Home Minister Amit Shah lately, claiming that he will suffer the same fate as former Prime Minister India Gandhi. The Khalistan Movement is a Sikh separatist movement seeking to create a country for Sikhs by establishing a sovereign state called Khalistan in the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... region of India. The insurgency in Punjab, from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, was an armed campaign by the Sikh holy warrior Khalistan movement. On June 1, 1984, the government of Indira Gandhi began Operation "Blue Star" to expel the armed forces of Evil fighting for the Khalistan cause and separatism, led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, from the Golden Temple complex in Punjab. The Indian troops operated and executed the Bhindranwale after six days of resistance. In retaliation, Indira Gandhi’s two bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, killed her on October 31, 1984, four months after the operation. Prime Minister Gandhi’s death sparked a public outcry that resulted in the 1984 Sikh Massacre, and several Sikhs were killed. Eventually, till the early 1990s, India succeeded in crushing the Khalistan movement by Sikh holy warrior groups funded by Pakistain. Until the early 1990s, when the Khalistan movement was finally put down in Punjab, these incidents significantly impacted the violence perpetrated by Sikh holy warrior groups funded by Pakistain.
Hours after self-styled Sikh preacher and Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh Sandhu's supporters clashed with cops, the Punjab Police has decided to surrender by canceling the FIR against close aide of Singh, Lovepreet Toofan and release him by tomorrow. Police had booked Singh and his supporters for allegedly kidnapping a man. Carrying swords and other arms, scores of supporters led by Singh had assembled at the cop shoppe in Ajnala in Amritsar. They broke the barricades put up by police. Heavy security arrangements were made at the cop shoppe as the protesters began a dharna in the complex. A case was registered against Singh, a self-styled preacher, and his supporters for allegedly kidnapping and thrashing Varinder Singh, a resident of Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district. Amritpal Singh had reportedly issued a threat recently to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying he will meet the same fate as that of former prime minister Indira Gandhi. "If the government of India is actually a secular government, then tell me that has Prime Minister or Home Minister ever said that they will stop people who talk about 'Hindu Rashtra'. It means there's discrimination," he said. "Sikhs have their aspirations and Hindus have theirs, while they [Hindus] can freely talk about theirs, we can't. So, I firmly believe that the Khalistan movement can't be stopped from flourishing," he was quoted saying by The Hindu. "Indira Gandhi attempted to stop, what was the result, this government can also try if they want to fulfil their desire. We have our heads on our hands. If we were scared of death, we wouldn't have chosen this path," he said. Dubai-returned Amritpal Singh is the head of 'Waris Punjab De' organization founded by actor and One of the ignoble achievements of Amritpal Singh Sandhu has been to deepen the communal poison of the Khalistani separatists with his rhetoric. In January 2022, the late actor and In October 2022, the Christian community staged a four hours-long protest against Amritpal at PAP Chowk for his remarks about Jesus Christ. "Jesus who could not save himself, how he will save everyone else?", Amritpal had reportedly said. The protestors demanded that an FIR should be lodged against him under 295A of the IPC for "hurting religious sentiments and attempting to aggravate communal divisions". Further, Amritpal Singh is known to have associated with the party which calls Shaheed Bhagat Singh a terrorist. | |
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