The name Amritpal Singh is one that is being splashed across the news and social media since several days now. But many might be unaware of what exactly he has done or who this person is that the police and various other authorities are cracking down so hard on him, carring out a large manhunt for him, making him one of the most wanted in Punjab.

What Is Happening Right Now?

In the latest news, since Saturday the Punjab Police has been carrying out a manhunt to arrest the Sikh separatist leader and have also arrested 100 of his supporters in the meantime.

Not just that, but internet services were also shut down in several parts of the Punjab state for as many as four days while thousands of police officers held a search for Singh.

They have also released before and after pictures, alleging that the radical preacher changed his appearance to evade arrest, Punjab inspector general of police (IGP) Sukhchain Singh Gill stating as per ANI that “There are several pictures of Amritpal Singh in different attires. We are releasing all of these pictures. I request you display them so that people can help us to arrest him in this case.”

As per a Hindustan Times report the Punjab Police believes that Singh was trying to form ‘Anandpur Khalsa Fauj’ a type of milita after the initials ‘AKF’ were found to on the gates of his residence along with bulletproof jackets and guns.

It also reported that according to the police “he preacher was helped by his uncle to take over the reins of ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit after its founder Deep Sidhu died in a road accident last year.”

But who is this man and what do we know of him so far?

The Origins

Amritpal Singh, is a 30 year old Khalistani leader who hails from Jallupur Khera in Punjab’s Amritsar district. He joined a diploma course in mechanical engineering at Lord Krishna Polytechnic College in Kapurthala in 2009 right after passing the 10th class, but he never finished the course and has further stated that he hasn’t ever read a book.

He moved to Dubai in UAE in 2012 to help with his family transport business and he came to India during the year-long farmers’ protest that opposed the now repealed farm laws by central government.


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Inspiration

Singh is apparently a self-styled preacher who reportedly suppports a separate Sikh homeland or Khalistan as it is called and that he’s inspired by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Bhindranwale a preacher was accused of leading the Khalistan armed insurgency and killed during the Indian army’s Operation Blue Star of 1984.

According to reports, Singh on 4th March 2022 was declared as the next leader of Waris Punjab De, an outfit meant to fight for the “rights of Punjab” after founder and Punjabi actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu died in an accident last year.

The group had been founded by Sidhu after he was arrested for his involvement in the farmers’ protest at the Red Fort on January 26, 2021.

Apparently, this succession was not favoured by some especially Sidhu’s family where his brother claimed that Sidhu blocked Amritpal’s number for around 15 days in the past and that him being made leader for not legal.

Speaking with The Indian Express Deep Sidhu’s brother Mandeep said “Deep had clearly said that talks are the (only) way but Amritpal is clearly asking youths to pick up weapon,” and that Singh was ‘misusing’ his brother’s name.

In Recent News

Beyond his involvement in the farmer’s protest, that is the most known, his supporters were reported to have vandalised various gurudwara with one being in Biharipura on 9th December and another in Jalandhar on 13th December 2022.

Among it all, they also burned sofas and chairs there stating that one cannot sit at the level of the Guru Granth Sahib while praying. The most recent one was when in February 2023 a huge number of his supporters stormed an Ajnala police station with guns and swords and used the Sikh holy book as a shield.

This was done to demand the release of one of Singh’s closest aides Lovepreet Singh Toofan who had been arrested after a man filed an FIR against Amritpal Singh and six associates of his accusing them of kidnapping and beating him.


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3 COMMENTS

  1. THE GENIUS WHO SAW IT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE !

    JUST LIKE THE SINGH SABHA KICKED OUT THE MAHANTS AND BRAHMINS FROM THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN 1906- AFTER A LONG TIME – BHINDRANWALE AWOKE THE SIKHS AFTER 40 YEARS

    AFTER THE DEFEAT OF THE SIKHS IN THE KHALSA WAR THE BRITS INSTALLED HINDOO PRIESTS IN THE GOLDEN TEMPLE WITH IDOLS,LIQUR AND LICENTIOUSNESS

    SIKHS WERE FORCED TO SURRENDER ARMS AND DO FARMING !

    50 YEARS BEFORE 1906 , MAHARAJA DALIT SINGH BECAME A CHRISTIAN !

    THROWING BRAMINS AND MAHANTS OUT OF GOLDEN TEMPLE IS EASY ! KICKING OUT THE BRAHMIN/BANIA FROM PUNJAB IS THE REAL REVOLUTION ! THAT IS WHAT BHINDRANWALE SAW !

    NOW LOOK AT 2023

    RAW AND CHAIWALA HAVE PLAGUED PUNJAB,WITH MISSIONARIES AND NEW AGE CULTS,AND NEO SIKH CULTS (BABA RAM RAHIM) TO DESTROY SIKHS AND SIKHI AND SIKHISM

    PUNJAB HAS A TSUMANI OF DRUGS AND ALCHOL. Y ? TO NEUTER THE CORE PRIORIS OF THE SIKH RELIGION

    THE BRITS FORCED THE SIKHS TO LEAVE THE SWORD AND PICK A PLOUGH AS FARMERS.THE HINDOO BANIA PARTITIONED PUNJAB,STOLE THE WATERS,MADE EXCESSIVE USE OF UREA,DEPLETED THE WATER TABLE, CAUSED URANIUM AND ARSENIC POISONING AND IS TRYING TO MAKE PUNJAB A BARREN STATE

    CAN THE SIKHS SEE THE ABOVE TRENDS !

    THE STATE IS SO BAD THAT AKAL TAKHT HAD TO ISSUE AN EDICT

    https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/state-editions/refrain-from-all-forms-of-idol-worship-appeals-akal-takht.html

    Y ? HINDOOISM IS A FAITH OR SATAN/MOLOCH AND NIMROD.THE HINDOO OSMOSIS,WILL DOOM SIKHS ! dindooohindoo

    AND BHINDRANWALE SAW IT FIRST AND FOREMOST !

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