Amritpal Singh’s Wife Kirandeep Kaur Stopped From Flying To London, Being Interrogated At Amritsar Airport

Kirandeep Kaur, the wife of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, is now being interrogated at the Amritsar airport by the immigration department.

New Delhi: Kirandeep Kaur, the wife of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, on Thursday was reportedly stopped from flying to London. She is now being interrogated at the Amritsar airport by the immigration department. Kirandeep Kaur has not been detained yet, police sources were quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Kirandeep Kaur was scheduled to travel to Birmingham by Air India Flight at 2.30 pm today but was later detained, airport sources said. “At 12:20 pm, she reported to the immigration counters and being an LOC (look out circular) subject the immigration has not permitted her to travel and detained her,” sources said.

Who is Kirandeep Kaur, Amritpal Singh’s wife

• Amritpal Singh married UK-based NRI Kirandeep Kaur at his native village in Jallupur Khear near Amritsar on February 10.
• After her marriage to Amritpal in February, Kirandeep Kaur moved to Punjab her husband’s ancestral village in Jallupur Kheda.
• Unconfirmed reports had earlier suggested that Kirandeep Kaur was in contact with a separatist organisation Babbar Khalsa, according to a report by Times of India.
• Kirandeep Kaur was reportedly involved in handling foreign funds of Waris Punjab De, which is headed by her husband.

Amritapal Singh’s key aides arrested

In a breakthrough amid the continuing manhunt for fugitive Khalistan leader and radical preacher Amritpal Singh, Punjab police on Saturday arrested his close aide Joga Singh from Sirhind in the Fatehgarh Sahib district. “Punjab police arrested ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh’s main aide Joga Singh from Sirhind.

“Joga Singh was arrested in a joint operation by Amritsar police rural and Hoshiyarpur police,” DIG Border Range Narinder Bhargav said at a press briefing on Saturday.

Earlier, Papalpreet Singh – a close aide of Amritpal Singh – was arrested in Punjab’s Amritsar district under the National Security Act (NSA).

Fugitive radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh has been evading arrest, changing his location and looks multiple times, since March 18 when the Punjab Police launched a massive crackdown to arrest him while he was on his way to Jalandhar but he managed to escape on a motorcycle.