Ajnala Police Station Attack

The Ajnala court in Punjab on Saturday sent 10 associates of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh to judicial custody till April 6 in connection with a case related to the clash between Khalistan supporters and the police.

The decision to act against Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh was taken by top Home Ministry and Punjab police officials after he led the violent February 24 attack on a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of the Amritsar city, sources said.

The Amritsar Commissioner of Police was shifted days after self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala police station

The Ajnala court in Punjab on Saturday sent 10 associates of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh to judicial custody till April 6 in connection with a case related to the clash between Khalistan supporters and the police.

The decision to act against Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh was taken by top Home Ministry and Punjab police officials after he led the violent February 24 attack on a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of the Amritsar city, sources said.

The Amritsar Commissioner of Police was shifted days after self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala police station