Radical preacher Amritpal Singh’s supporters conflict with police in Ajnala
PK Jaiswar
Amritsar, February 23
Pressure gripped Ajnala border city in Amritsar after a whole lot of supporters of Amritpal Singh, head of Waaris Punjab De, clashed with the police on the entrance of the Ajnala police station, protesting towards the arrest of one in every of his associates.
They broke the police barricades and later barged into the police station. A number of policemen sustained accidents within the conflict.
Later Amritpal reached the spot and held a gathering with the police officers. He demanded the discharge his supporter Lovepreet Singh at the moment lodged in judicial custody. He stated if the police didn’t launch his supporter and cancel the FIR, they might put up a everlasting dharna on the police station.
A whole lot of supporters carrying custom weapons additionally indulged in sloganeering.
Although heavy police was deputed on the spot and on the route in the direction of Ajnala police station, a whole lot of followers of Amritpal from completely different elements of Punjab managed to converge on the spot.
A case was registered towards Amritpal, a self-styled preacher, and his supporters for allegedly kidnapping and thrashing Varinder Singh, a resident of Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district. Amritpal had introduced to stage a protest at Ajnala police station terming the case as false.
The police had arrested one in every of his supporters Lovepreet Singh Toofan of Tibri in Gurdaspur, who was later despatched to judicial custody.