Pro-Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh and his mentor Papalpreet Singh reportedly as soon as once more dodged the Punjab Police after a massive search operation was launched in a Hoshiarpur village late on Tuesday night time to arrest them.

The police had been chasing a white colored Innova automobile from Phagwara after they suspected that fugitive Amritpal and his aide could possibly be travelling in that automobile. The automobile ran previous a police checkpost earlier than stopping at a gurdwara in Mehtiana. The occupants of the automobile deserted the automobile close to Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh in Marnaian village and fled, officers instructed information company PTI.

The police, nevertheless, detained two of his aides within the search operation. The detained individuals had been following the Innova automobile.

The village has been cordoned off and a search operation has been launched, whereas checkposts and barricades have been raised on the roads to nab the suspects.

The ‘Waris Punjab De’ stays at giant since a police crackdown in opposition to him and the members of the outfit on March 18, about three weeks after he and his supporters stormed into the Ajnala police station close to Amritsar to safe the discharge of an arrested man.

The preacher escaped the police dragnet in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching autos and altering appearances.

Amritpal and his associates have been booked beneath a number of felony circumstances associated to spreading disharmony amongst courses, try and homicide, assault on police personnel and creating obstructions within the lawful discharge of responsibility by public servants.

A brand new video of Amritpal Singh along with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced on social media on Tuesday, displaying the pro-Khalistan preacher without a turban and sporting a masks.

The undated CCTV digicam footage, mentioned to be from a market in Delhi, confirmed the fugitive strolling down a road sporting darkish glasses. Behind him, Papalpreet Singh could possibly be seen strolling with a bag.

There isn’t any official phrase from Punjab Police on the recent footage. A senior Delhi Police official mentioned they’re probing whether or not the individuals seen within the video are Amritpal and his aide.

(With inputs from PTI)