Fugitive Amritpal Will be Arrested Soon: Punjab AG to High Court

Chandigarh: Punjab Advocate General (AG) on Tuesday said the state was close to arresting fugitive Amritpal. A habeas corpus petition seeking his release has claimed that Amritpal Singh is in ‘illegal’ custody at Shahkot Police Station in Jalandhar.

The Punjab AG submitted in Punjab and Haryana High Court that Khalistan sympathiser was not arrested and state was trying its best to nab him.

Amritpal’s counsel however contended that he was in ‘illegal’ custody at Shahkot Police Station. After hearing counsel for both parties, Justice NS Shekhawat asked the petitioner’s counsel to show evidence that Amritpal Singh was in illegal custody of the Punjab Police. Justice Shekhawat asserted that the state’s categorical stand in the issue was that Amritpal Singh had not been arrested.

He said the court would appoint a warrant officer or even ask the CJM concerned to carry out raid immediately, if some material was placed before the bench to show Amritpal was in illegal detention.