MBA pass woman who gave shelter to Mritpal arrested from Haryana

Chandigarh, (IANS) | The Haryana Police arrested a 28-year-old unemployed woman, an MBA degree holder, and handed her over to the Punjab Police for allegedly sheltering fugitive radical Amritpal Singh and his accomplice Pappal Preet Singh at her house in Shahabad town of Kurukshetra district. Accused Baljeet Kaur lives with her brother and father. Her brother works in the SDM office, while her father runs a milk business.

Kurukshetra Superintendent of Police Surinder Singh Bhoria told the media that unemployed Baljit Kaur Pappal was in touch with Preet Singh. It is suspected that Pappal Preet and Amritpal stayed at his house on Sunday night. After some questioning, the Punjab Police was informed and the woman was handed over to them for further investigation.

Amritpal Singh, against whom the National Security Act (NSA) has been invoked and a non-bailable warrant has been issued, is absconding despite a massive manhunt to nab him since March 18. The self-styled preacher, who returned from Dubai last year, tied the knot with Kirandeep Kaur in a simple ceremony in February.

A police team consisting of women officers questioned Amritpal Singh for about an hour at her husband’s native place in connection with alleged foreign funding for his activities. Official sources told IANS that the police have also scanned the bank accounts of Amritpal, his wife and parents to trace the sources of funds.

The motorcycle on which Amritpal Singh fled has been recovered by the police. The police have also seized the Mercedes car of Amritpal Singh after the raid.