AMRITSAR: Jailed radical Sikh preacher and MP-elect Amritpal Singh has been granted four day parole to take oath as a Member Parliament in the national capital at New Delhi.
Deputy Commissioner Amritsar, Mr. Ghamshyam Thori in a brief statement confirming about the parole of Mr. Amritpal Singh said, “Shri Amritpal Singh has been granted Parole for upto 4 days or less beginning 5th July with certain conditions that has been communicated to Jail Superintendent Dibrugarh”,
However, this is temporary release under Section 15 of the National Security Act that deals with the temporary release from detention as Amritpal, the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail along with nine associates under the NSA.
Having fought the 2024 Lok Sabha electoral battle as an Independent, he won from the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat after he defeated Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira. Amritpal won by a margin of 1, 97, 120 votes. He polled 4, 04, 430 while Zira got 2, 07, 310.
Amritpal, who styled himself after slain militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was arrested in Moga's Rode village on April 23 last year following an over a month-long manhunt.
The Punjab Police had launched the crackdown after the February 23 Ajnala incident last year in which Amritpal and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, broke through barricades and barged into the police station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police for the release of Lovepreet Singh Toofan, one of his aides. He and his associates were booked under several criminal cases related to spreading disharmony among classes, attempt to murder, attack on police personnel and creating obstructions in the lawful discharge of duty by public servants.