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      • Amritpal Singh Sandhu (born 17 January 1993) is a radical Indian pro- Khalistan separatist, a self-styled Sikh preacher and politician. He is a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Khadoor Sahib since 2024.
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  2. Mar 20, 2023 · Thousands of policemen in Punjab are searching for Amritpal Singh, a controversial self-styled preacher whose incendiary views and sudden rise to fame have sparked a political crisis in the...

  3. Mar 20, 2023 · By Zoya Mateen and Arvind Chhabra. BBC News. Thousands of policemen in Punjab are searching for Amritpal Singh, a controversial self-styled preacher whose incendiary views and sudden rise...

  4. Apr 23, 2023 · Radical Sikh self-styled preacher and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh was arrested by the Punjab police from the Moga district on Sunday morning after a month-long chase.

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  5. Mar 21, 2023 · How the violence transpired. A few months after he was appointed as chief of Waris Punjab De, Amritpal’s supporters vandalised a gurudwara in Biharipura on December 9, 2022 and then later on...

    • Who Is Amritpal Singh?
    • What Is The Khalistan Movement?
    • Why Was Singh Arrested?

    Much of Singh’s early life remains shrouded in mystery. He lived in Punjab’s Amritsar district before moving at age 19 to Dubai, where he worked for his family’s transport business. He then returned to India in September last year. That month he was appointed head of Waris Punjab De, an organisation founded by Deep Sidhu, an Indian actor and activi...

    The Khalistan movement began about the time of India’s independence from colonial British rule in 1947 when some Sikhs called for an independent Sikh nation to be created within the state of Punjab. The movement reached its peak in the 1970s and 1980s. Singh claims to have drawn inspiration from Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a leading figure in the m...

    The series of events that led to Singh’s arrest began in February when hundreds of his supporters stormed a police station in Punjab with swords and guns to demand the release of a jailed aide. On March 18, police in Punjab set up roadblocks and deployed thousands of personnel as they tried to arrest him for his involvement in the storming of the p...

  6. Mar 23, 2023 · Singh is a self-styled preacher who rose to prominence after the year-long farmers’ protests in 2020 against new agricultural laws proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (the...

  7. Mar 29, 2023 · Rumours are circulating in India about the whereabouts of a controversial self-styled Sikh preacher, more than 10 days after he went on the run. A massive operation is under way to find...