Security has been beefed up in Dibrugarh as pro-Khalistan radical preacher Amritpal Singh will be shifted to a prison in the Upper Assam town from Punjab on Sunday, police said.
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Punjab Police Inspector General Sukhchain Singh Gill said Amritpal Singh will be taken to Dibrugarh under the National Security Act (NSA).
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A multi-tier security arrangement has been made at the Central Jail in Dibrugarh where Singh will be lodged, a senior official told PTI.
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"The jail compound has been surrounded by Assam Police's elite Black Cat Commandos, CRPF, and jail security personnel. The security inside the prison has also been tightened," he said.
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Dibrugarh Traffic Police has also been alerted for road clearance from the airport to the prison, a 15-km stretch. A special team is in place along with policemen in plain clothes.
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According to sources, Singh is being brought aboard a special flight, which took off from Bathinda at 8.25 am.
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Singh was arrested by the Punjab Police around 6.45 am from Rode village in the northern state after remaining absconding for more than a month.
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Altogether nine of his associates are presently lodged at Dibrugarh Central Jail.
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Security in and around the jail premises has been beefed up since March 19, when four members of the Waris Punjab De (WPD) were brought here in the first batch.