Hunt for Amritpal: Haryana Police intensifies checking of vehicles along Punjab border

Updated: Mar 19 2023 7:35PM

Hunt for Amritpal: Haryana Police intensifies checking of vehicles along Punjab border

Chandigarh, Mar 19 (PTI) With a manhunt underway for radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh in Punjab, Haryana has intensified checking of vehicles along the border with the neighbouring state.

Punjab Police on Saturday launched a major crackdown against Amritpal and suspended internet and SMS services till Monday noon. It has arrested 78 members of 'Punjab Waris De', an outfit headed by him.

At the Shambhu border with Punjab, Ambala police have been put on high alert, officials said on Sunday.

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