Reported By: Ankur Sharma
Last Updated: March 19, 2023, 21:45 IST
Vehicle used by ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh to escape seized by police in Jalandhar. (Image/ PTI and ANI)
According to the central agencies, people used to follow Amritpal Singh blindly in the name of connecting back to religion without knowing his ulterior motive. Singh didn’t allow people to carry mobiles/mobile coverage of the events
Officials of Central intelligence agencies gathering inputs on Khalistani sympathizer Amritpal Singh have claimed that he had been building a private militia of defiants in drug de-addiction centres in Punjab to be used to create law and order problem. He also had teams of criminals who used to protect him.
According to the central agencies, people used to follow him blindly in the name of connecting back to religion without knowing his ulterior motive. Singh didn’t allow people to carry mobiles/mobile coverage of the events.
He used to run drug de-addiction centres and under the garb of those centres, he radicalized the youth and motivated them for his endeavor of freedom of Punjab i.e. Khalistan, agencies have claimed.
Singh had also planned second phase of Waheer from Muktsar Sahib (March 19) to Damdama Sahib (Baisakhi) to try to increase his influence in Malwa region deliberately on the day of Barsi of Sidhu Moose Wala so as to get a readymade gathering/following and encash that.
TRAINED IN GEORGIA
The agencies have found that Singh was trained by the ISI in Georgia before coming to India and has links with US-based proscribed outfit — Sikhs for Justice/SFJ. He campaigned for the secessionist activities of SFJ on social media for Funding, providing shelter to terrorist, and supply of weapons by drones.
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He was living in Dubai, the hub of ISI agents. Singh got in touch with them and got motivated by the money offered, to challenge the Indian establishment backed by Pakistan, agencies officials claimed.
STORED WEAPONS AT DE-ADDICTION CENTRES
Agencies officials claimed that he was stockpiling illegally sourced weapons from Pakistan in these drug de-addiction centers and Singh has known linkages in ISI in Pakistan which help him in illegally running the drug business.
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Importantly, agencies found that Warris Punjab De (WPD) associates tried to inculcate a radical violent way of thinking in the inmates of the drug de-addiction center.
A Central intelligence agency official has also claimed that since Singh arrived in Punjab, there has been an increase in the number of drones carrying drugs from across the border, hinting at his involvement in bringing drugs from Pakistan to India.
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