When a person bent to the touch his toes, Khalistani chief Amritpal Singh scolded him: “Why did you contact my toes? Is there {a photograph}? Delete that image…”

This was final Monday (March 13) solely 5 days earlier than Punjab Police was scorching on his heels on Saturday. He had particularly instructed the News18 group, current at his house for an interview, to not shoot movies or take photos of his armed guards.

Whereas a heavy posse of Fast Motion Drive, paramilitary forces and Punjab Police descended on the village as police continued to chase Amritpal close to Jalandhar, there was not a single cop in sight in Jallupur Khera on Monday, from the place the novel chief ran his private fiefdom.

Situated 40 km from Amritsar, the village has the Rayya police station close by however police personnel there had no reply when requested how Amritpal and his guards had been roaming round carrying weapons.

The slim lane to his home was straddled with CCTV cameras, which additionally coated his home from all sides along with his aides monitoring the footage inside. An armed particular person allow us to contained in the iron door of the home, duly checking that we had sought time with the chief.

There have been a number of households current inside – girls and kids, who had come from different districts for darshan of ‘Babaji’ Amritpal Singh. He emerged after a while to pose for pictures with the guests however specified that no movies must be made.

After a 15-minute interview, Amritpal left for the village gurdwara, solely 200 m from his residence, in a cavalcade of SUVs. He spent a few hours there giving sermons and visiting a de-addiction centre contained in the gurdwara premises. After he left, we spoke to Sikh man from the de-addiction centre, who had come all the best way from Australia and spoke fluent English, and mentioned he had dwelt on Amritpal’s demand for Khalistan. However quickly sufficient, Amritpal’s supporters descended and demanded that the video must be deleted as their chief’s permission was wanted for this.

News18 discovered that within the adjoining villages like Nijjar and Rayya, individuals had been largely cautious of Amritpal and his methods. A gaggle of children close to Nijjar, actually, gave mistaken instructions to the group for Jallupur Khera. They had been simply popping out of a congregation within the village by a Christian preacher. An elder mentioned Amritpal spoke towards Christian preachers, accusing them of conversion and, therefore, there was pressure within the space.

The residents of Jallupur Khera village, nevertheless, most well-liked not to talk about Amritpal however a few farmers working within the fields mentioned in hushed tones that the open show of weapons by the chief’s males had created a way of worry within the village.

Amritpal had returned to the village solely six months in the past from Dubai however police, until Saturday, had not taken any motion towards him. Now, with the police closing in on him, he’s more likely to be in jail for a very long time if he’s arrested and this interview to News18 might be his final.

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