Alert issued in Uttarakhand against Amritpal Singh

March 24, 2023 09:31

An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udhamsinghnagar districts of the Uttarakhand as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalistan leader Amritpal Singh entering the state, the state's Director General of Police Ashok Kumar has said.

"An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udhamsinghnagar districts of the state as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalisthan Amritpal Singh entering the state," the DGP told ANI.

He said that the police conducting intensive checking on the borders of all three districts and in other areas.

Significantly, all three districts of the State have been affected by terrorism in the 90s, he added.

On Thursday, Punjab's Inspector General of Police (IGP), Headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill said that a total of 207 persons have been arrested for disturbing peace and harmony in the state, of which, 30 have been found in substantive criminal activities, while, remaining are under preventive arrest.

"Police teams are doing a thorough screening of all the arrested persons and soon they will be released from police custody," he said.

The IGP said that this operation was carried out on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with an aim to save the innocent youth of Punjab from playing into the hands of Anti-National Forces. -- ANI

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