Chandigarh: Radical Sikh preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh’s brother Harpreet Singh has been apprehended by Jalandhar police in a drug case, a senior police official stated on Friday.
Harpreet Singh was nabbed together with one other confederate, recognized as Lovepreet Singh alias Luv, by Jalandhar Rural police on Thursday night, the official stated.
4 grams of ICE (methamphetamine) drug was recovered from him throughout checking of the automotive by which the duo was travelling, he stated.
The official stated that Harpreet Singh is aged between 30-35 and “was into some dispatching work in transport”.
Each Harpreet Singh and Lovepreet Singh hail from Amritsar, he added.
Amritpal Singh is at present lodged in a jail in Assam’s Dibrugarh district for offences beneath the Nationwide Safety Act (NSA). Not too long ago, he was flown to Delhi on a four-day custody parole for taking oath as a Lok Sabha member.
Having fought the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as an impartial, Amritpal Singh gained from the Khadoor Sahib seat defeating Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira.
Amritpal Singh, who heads the ‘Waris Punjab De’ outfit and has styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, was jailed together with 9 of his associates beneath the NSA.
He was arrested in Moga’s Rode village after he and his supporters on February 23 final yr barged into the Ajnala police station breaking barricades, brandishing swords and weapons, and clashed with police personnel in an try to free one among his aides from custody.