Amritpal Singh crackdown: Massive search continues in Hoshiarpur

The Punjab Police has launched a massive search operation in a Hoshiarpur village and many adjoining areas following inputs that radical preacher Amritpal Singh and his aides could hiding thereThere was heavy police deployment in and around the Marnaian village here where extensive search launched late on Tuesday night after some suspects abandoned their vehicle following a chaseThe search is going on but we havent traced anyone yet said a police official from HoshiarpurHe said CCTV footage in the area was also being scannedA team of the counterintelligence wing of the Punjab Police Tuesday evening chased a car from Phagwara after it suspected that fugitive Amritpal and his aides could be in that vehicle police sources saidSuspects who are believed to be three to four in number abandoned their vehicle near Gurdwara Bhai Chanchal Singh in Marnaian village here and fled police sources saidA cordon and search operation was launched on Tuesday night in and around the village while checkposts and barricades were raised on the roads to nab the suspectsPolice late on Tuesday night had also conducted a doortodoor search operation to nab the suspects The Punjab Police has been on high alert after the proKhalistan radical preacher escaped its dragnetAmritpal Singh remains untraceable since a police crackdown against him and members of his proKhalistan Waris Punjab De outfit on March 18 about three weeks after he and his supporters stormed into the Ajnala police station near Amritsar to secure the release of an arrested manAlso ReadWont speak on Rahuls disqualification as it involves court order Nitish KumarThe preacher escaped the police net in Jalandhar district on March 18 switching vehicles and changing appearancesHe and his associates have been booked under several criminal cases related to spreading disharmony among classes attempt to murder attack on police personnel and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of duty by public servantsA new video purportedly showing Amritpal Singh with his key aide Papalpreet Singh surfaced on social media on Tuesday showing the proKhalistan preacher without a turban and wearing a maskThe undated CCTV footage said to be from a market in Delhi purportedly showed the fugitive walking down a street wearing dark glasses Behind him Papalpreet Singh could be seen walking with a bagThere is no official word from Punjab Police on the fresh footageA senior Delhi Police official said they are probing whether the persons seen in the video are Amritpal Singh and his aideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever