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Print Print edition: 2023-03-20

India arrests 112 in manhunt for Sikh separatist

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NEW DELHI: A manhunt for a radical Sikh preacher in India entered its second day on Sunday, as authorities shut mobile internet in the whole of Punjab state and arrested 112 of his supporters.

Amritpal Singh rose to prominence in recent months demanding the creation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh homeland, and with his hardline interpretation of Sikhism at rallies in rural pockets of the northern state of some 30 million people.

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Last month Singh, 30, and his supporters armed with swords, knives and guns raided a police station after one of his aides was arrested for alleged assault and attempted kidnapping.

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Tulukan Mairandi Mar 20, 2023 09:12am
Thats how terrorists should be dealt with. Not like what we are doing to TTP, showering them with love and hope
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SAMIR SARDANA Mar 26, 2023 02:42pm
AFTER THE DEFEAT OF THE SIKHS IN THE KHALSA WAR THE BRITS INSTALLED HINDOO PRIESTS IN THE GOLDEN TEMPLE WITH IDOLS,LIQUOR & LICENTIOUSNESS.THE RESPONSE WAS THE SINGH SABHA, WHICH KICKED OUT THE MAHANTS & BRAHMINS FROM THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN 1906- AFTER A LONG TIME SIKHS WERE FORCED TO SURRENDER ARMS & DO FARMING ! 50 YEARS BEFORE 1906 , MAHARAJA DALIT SINGH BECAME A CHRISTIAN ! THROWING BRAMINS & MAHANTS OUT OF GOLDEN TEMPLE IS EASY ! KICKING OUT THE BRAHMIN/ BANIA FROM PUNJAB IS THE REAL REVOLUTION ! NOW LOOK AT 2023 RAW & CHAIWALA,HAVE PLAGUED PUNJAB,WITH MISSIONARIES & NEW AGE CULTS,& NEO SIKH CULTS (BABA RAM RAHIM) TO DESTROY SIKHS & SIKHI & SIKHISM PUNJAB HAS A TSUMANI OF DRUGS & ALCHOL. TO NEUTER THE CORE PRIORIS,OF THE SIKH RELIGION THE HINDOO BANIA PARTITIONED PUNJAB,STOLE THE WATERS,MADE EXCESSIVE USE OF UREA,DEPLETED THE WATER TABLE, CAUSED URANIUM & ARSENIC POISONING & IS TRYING TO MAKE PUNJAB,A BARREN STATE AMRITPAL SINGH SEES THE ABOVE.SAMIR SARDANA
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