Security was additional tightened within the Talwandi Sabo city of Bathinda district in Punjab on the eve of Baisakhi amid hypothesis that radical Sikh chief Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run since March 18, might floor on the historic Takht Damdama Sahib.

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Located 35km from the Bathinda district headquarters, Talwandi Sabo is the hub of non secular actions on Baisakhi as Takht Damdama Sahib is without doubt one of the 5 seats of temporal authority of Sikhism. At this place, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, had ready the total model of Guru Granth Sahib in 1705.

Additional director basic of police (ADGP), Bathinda vary, SPS Parmar has been tenting at Talwandi Sabo for the previous week.

Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav visited the city on Thursday afternoon to overview the safety preparations. He had visited Talwandi Sabo earlier on Monday.

The highway resulting in the shrine has been barricaded and autos are being checked as scores of safety personnel from Punjab Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed across the gurdwara to make sure regulation and order.

Ever because the video message of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, urging Akal Takht performing jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh to name a Sarbat Khalsa (an meeting of all factions of Sikhs) at Damdama Sahib on Baisakhi, was shared on social media, it was speculated the fugitive may floor at Talwandi Sabo.

Though no Sarbat Khalsa is being convened, safety personnel are geared as much as forestall any untoward incident.

ADGP Parmar mentioned although there is no such thing as a confirmed enter of Amritpal reaching Talwandi Sabo, the police had been leaving nothing to probability. “I’ve been in Talwandi Sabo for the previous a number of days with my group. We are seeing that devotees do not face any issue however guaranteeing that no individual wished by the regulation tries to create any untoward scenario,” he mentioned.

This yr, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) isn’t holding a political convention within the city on Baisakhi as get together leaders are engaged with campaigning for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha byelection scheduled on May 10.

Sangrur parliamentarian and SAD (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann has, nevertheless, introduced a gathering at Talwandi Sabo on Friday.

Talwandi Sabo sub divisional Justice of the Peace (SDM) Gagandeep Singh mentioned the city has been seeing a powerful footfall and the annual mela (honest) is happening easily. He mentioned all preparations are in place for the principle celebration on Friday.

Giani Harpreet Singh has appealed to the Sikh sangat (group) to converge at Talwandi Sabo in massive numbers. He has been vital of the deployment of police and central paramilitary forces across the shrine.