Delhi’s Patiala House Court has refused to grant the transit remand of two alleged operatives of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) Amritpal and Amrik Singh, to Punjab police. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Isha Singh noted that the application had been filed too late, and the accused were scheduled to appear before the concerned court in Jagraon, Punjab, on a production warrant issued. The accused are currently in judicial custody in an NIA case and are allegedly associated with Canada-based terrorist Arshdeep Dhalla. Punjab police had sought their transit remand in a case related to extortion registered at the police Jagraon Sadar, District Ludhiana, Punjab. Earlier, Punjab police had registered a case under sections related to extortion, the Arms Act, and UAPA in January 2023.
On June 6, the Court remanded Amritpal Singh alias Ammy and Amrik Singh in judicial custody after NIA. They were arrested under UAPA after deportation from Manila, Philippines, on May 19 at the IGI Airport. NIA has interrogated them in connection with their alleged involvement in the recruitment of youth for KTF, smuggling and procuring arms and ammunition, as well as raising funds for the organization. The accused had non-bailable arrest warrants issued against them by the NIA Court in a case related to the unlawful and violent activities of banned organizations in India. They also have several criminal cases registered against them in Punjab. The arrests were part of NIA’s continuous crackdown on individual terrorists and terrorist outfits engaged in a criminal conspiracy to smuggle terrorist hardware, such as arms, ammunition, explosives, etc. Further investigations in the case are in progress, the agency said.
