After Amritpal Singh was arrested on Sunday morning over a month after an enormous manhunt was launched, union minister Anurag Thakur stated that Punjab was sluggish in taking motion towards the novel preacher. The state of affairs would have been higher had the arrest come sooner, he added. He additionally asserted {that a} fugitive can’t escape the legislation for lengthy and known as for strict motion towards ‘terrorists’.

In an announcement to media individuals, he stated, “How long can an absconder be on the run? Law is mighty. Stringent action should be taken against those who spread terror and fear. Punjab took a little time, had it been done sooner it would have been even better.”

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Despite claims of Singh surrendering, Punjab Police made it clear that the pro-Khalistani chief was arrested below the National Security Act from Moga’s Rhode village in Punjab. He can be shifted to Assam’s Dibrugarh jail the place eight of his aides are imprisoned.

Addressing a press convention, Inspector General of Police (headquarters) Sukhchain Singh Gill stated the arrest occurred below a joint operation by the intelligence wing and the Amritsar Rural Police. Cops additionally ordered folks to take care of peace and never unfold faux information.

On the run since March 18, nearly over three weeks after the Waris Punjab De chief’s supporters stormed Ajnala police station in Amritsar demanding the discharge of one in every of his aides, Lovepreet Toofan, Singh declared a ‘fugitive’ then. His associates have been earlier arrested from numerous elements of the state.

Meanwhile,Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, in his first feedback because the arrest, stated that the Aam Aadmi Party refrains from ‘vendetta politics’. He additional stated, “…It had been 35 days. Today#AmritpalSingh was arrested. Action will be taken against those who try to disrupt the country’s peace and law. We will not disturb any innocent person..”

Shortly after Singh’s apprehension, Delhi schooling minister Atishi congratulated the Punjab Police and CM Mann for the outcomes of over one month of tireless efforts.