Punjab Police did not retaliate because Amritpal (Singh) carried Guru Granth Sahib with him. Had the police retaliated, things would have gone awry, Punjab Police SSP said.
The Punjab government, eventually, gave in to the demands of Amritpal Singh and agreed to release Toofan Singh on the basis of evidence submitted by the alleged Khalistan sympathiser. aaa
That the radical Sikh leader and his supporters managed to browbeat the administration to give in to their demands points to the failure of both the political leadership and the police.