SHILLONG:
One Varindar Singh alias Fauji alleged to be a close associate of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh was brought to Dibrugarh and detained at Central jail on March 27.
The police have invoked the NSA against him.
According to reports, Fauji, a retired army constable, was the bodyguard of Amritpal Singh.
He had his arms licence issued from Jammu and Kashmir which was cancelled following the Ajnala clash on February 23. Varindar was among the 10 gunmen who accompanied Amritpal all the time.
It may be mentioned that four Khalistani members namely Daljeet Kalsi, Basant Singh, Gurmeet Singh Bhukhanwala, and Bhagwant Singh Pradhan Mantri were brought to the high-security Dibrugarh Central Jail on March 19 while three more members Harjit Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal and Gurinder Pal Singh were shifted to the Dibrugarh jail on March 21.
Meanwhile, Punjab Police have launched a massive manhunt against the ‘Waris Punjab De’ group members in the state and so far over 100 arrests were done and many of them were detained.
A multi-layer security arrangement with CCTV cameras were installed in the jail. Security has been beefed up in the jail to thwart any kinds of eventualities.