Amritpal’s mother confronts Mann: ‘His NSA over, why aren’t you bringing him to Punjab?’
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had, following the state government's plea last month, directed that Amritpal would appear virtually before a trial court in Amritsar in the case.
Amritpal, who was detained under the NSA in April 2023, had been lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail ever since. A day after his detention under the NSA ended on April 22, Amritpal was arrested in the 2023 Ajnala police station attack case. He continues to remain lodged in the Dibrugarh jail. Jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh’s mother on Thursday asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann why her son was not being brought back to Punjab from Assam despite his detention under the National Security Act having ended.
Balwinder Kaur confronted the CM when he reached Rayya town in Amritsar as part of his Shukrana Yatra. As the convoy stopped for a brief period, Balwinder Kaur requested security personnel to let her approach the CM. After crossing several layers of security, she managed to reach close to the chief minister’s vehicle.
As she gestured towards Mann, the CM bent down to listen to her and held her hand.
“Listen to me for a minute. You are also the son of a mother. I am the mother of Amritpal Singh. Why don’t you bring Amritpal to Punjab even when (his detention under) the NSA has ended?” Kaur could be heard asking in a video of the incident that has since been shared widely on social media.
Realizing who she was, Mann pulled back his hand, but did not respond to her.
Security personnel then pulled her aside where she raised slogans against Mann.
Amritpal, who was detained under the NSA in April 2023, had been lodged in Assam’s Dibrugarh jail ever since. A day after his detention under the NSA ended on April 22, Amritpal was arrested in the 2023 Ajnala police station attack case. He continues to remain lodged in the Dibrugarh jail.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had, following the state government’s plea last month, directed that Amritpal would appear virtually before a trial court in Amritsar in the case.
The Waris Punjab De group chief, who styled himself after the slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was arrested in Moga’s Rode village on April 23, 2023, following a month-long manhunt launched by Punjab Police after an attack on the Ajnala police station on February 23, 2023.
Amritpal and his supporters — some of them brandishing swords and guns — had allegedly broken through barricades and barged into the station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police for the release of Waris Punjab De group members.
Nine of Amritpal’s associates, who had also been detained in the Assam jail, were brought back to Punjab last year.
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