The vigilance at four main pilgrimage sites – Akal Takht, Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Sabo, Kesgarh Sahib in Anandpur and Fatehgarh Sahib – has been increased till Baisakhi (April 14), says the top intelligence source
Papalpreet Singh, the mentor of absconding Waris Punjab De (WPD) chief Amritpal Singh who was caught by the police in Amritsar district, was brought to Dibrugarh in Assam, over 2500 km away from the northern state, and lodged in the central jail along with seven others of the pro-Khalistan outfit on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jan 16
Anti-terror federal probe agency NIA has sent notices to over a dozen farm leaders, Sikh activists and journalists from Punjab, who are associated with the protest against Centre’s three farm laws, to appear before it as witnesses in a case pertaining to Sikhs for Justice (a banned outfit) legal adviser Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his other associates.
The move, among the protesting farmers, is seen as an attempt by the government to derail the agitation by intimidation.
The farmer representatives, who held the ninth round of negotiations with the government on Friday, took strong exception and registered their objections to the notices being sent.