Team News Riveting
Kathmandu, March 27
Having secured concrete inputs about the presence of Amritpal Singh in neighbouring Nepal, India has sent an alert and requested the Himalayan country not to allow fugitive pro-Khalistan activist and ‘Waris Punjab De’ to flee to a third country.
According to media reports, the Government of India had asked Nepali authorities to arrest Singh if he attempted to escape using Indian passport or any other fake passport. Singh, who is said to be possessing multiple passports with different identities, has been on the run since March 18 when the police launched a crackdown against him.
In a letter sent to the Department of Consular Services on Saturday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported. “Singh is currently hiding in Nepal,” the paper said, citing a copy of the letter obtained by it.
“The esteemed ministry is requested to inform the Department of Immigration not to permit Amritpal Singh to travel through Nepal for any third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape from Nepal using Indian Passport or any other fake passport under intimation to this mission,” it said.
The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the agencies concerned, from hotels to airlines, the paper said, citing multiple sources.
