Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 26: Amid the ongoing campaign to dismantle the module of nab pro-Khalistani preacher Amritpal Singh, Punjab Police has reportedly shared vital information about some hardcore supporters of the chief of “Waris Punjab De” in Jammu and Kashmir. Highly placed sources said that raid at Kullian village in the RS Pura area was conducted only on the information of the Punjab Police.
“A list of hardcore supporters of Amritpal Singh has been shared by the Punjab Police with J&K Police so as to keep a watch on the activities of such elements”, sources said and added that before the crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief, some hardcore elements from J&K were in constant touch with him. Earlier Kishtwar administration revokes the gun license of Amritpal Singh's close aides.
Earlier District Magistrate of Kishtwar revoked gun licenses issued to the close aides of "Waris Punjab De" head Amritpal Singh.
Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Dr. Devansh Yadav revoked the arms license of one Varinder Singh after Punjab Police shared inputs with the District Administrations in Samba and Kishtwar regarding the issuance of two gun licenses from the two districts to as many individuals, Varinder Singh and Talwainder Singh of Tarn Taran, Punjab, in 2013.
"The 12-bore license of Varinder Singh has been cancelled and very soon he will be booked under the Arms Act," DC Kishtwar, Dr. Devansh Yadav said.
The DCs in Kishtwar and Samba Districts said that no fresh license has been issued to any individual after 2017. They however said that arms licenses have been renewed after proper verification of the individuals possessing the licenses.
Usually, an arms license is renewed after a period of five years, but according to police sources, Varinder Singh and Talwainder Singh, who had got the arms licenses through third parties in Jammu and Kashmir, have not got their licenses renewed since 2017.
The issuance of arms licenses to Varinder Singh, Talwainder Singh, and several other aides of Amritpal Singh in Punjab became a controversy after the "Waris Punjab De" head along with his supporters earlier entered a police station in Amritsar, Punjab, and brandished weapons while demanding that an FIR registered against them was revoked.
"We had last week received a communiqué from the Punjab Police to take action, following which the arms license of Varinder Singh, who served at 19 Sikh Regiment, was cancelled", Dr. Yadav said.
He said the arms license was issued to him by the deputy magistrate when Varinder was posted in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar. |
