Chandigarh: The Punjab government has extended the detention of Amritpal Singh, leader of Waris Punjab De and Khadoor Sahib MP, reinvoking the National Security Act (NSA) with a new order issued just days before the earlier detention was set to expire on April 22, 2025.
Amritpal Singh, held in Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam since his arrest in April 2023, will remain in custody for an additional three months, with the possibility of further extensions up to another year based on recommendations from the NSA advisory board.
The order, issued by the Amritsar district magistrate and approved by the state home secretary, was delivered to Dibrugarh jail by a Punjab Police team.
In recent weeks, nine of Amritpal Singh’s associates, whose NSA detention has ended, have been transferred back to Punjab. They have been formally arrested in connection with the February 2023 Ajnala case, registered under FIR number 39/2023.
They include Sarabjit Singh Kalsi alias Daljit Kalsi, Gurmeet Singh Bhukhanwala, Harjeet Singh alias Chacha, Varinder Singh Fauji, Basant Singh, Bhagwant Singh alias Pardhan Mantri Bajeke, Kulwant Singh Raoke, Gurinderpal Singh alias Guri Aujla and Papalpreet Singh.
