Sources said that Mann commended the work of the police for having arrested Amritpal without creating any controversy, firing shots besides maintaining the sanctity go the gurdwara where he was hiding.
The pro-Khalistan preacher was arrested by the Punjab Police in the Moga district on Sunday and sent to a jail in Assam after being on the run for more than a month.
'Now that the hunt for Singh has ended, it is time for the political leadership both at the state and Centre to take stock of their own long-standing failure to address public resentment in Punjab.'
the Amritpal operation was planned in a manner where there would minimum violence and maximum advantage in curbing any attempts to stoke separatist sentiments by Amritpal and his supporters.