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  • Pro-Khalistan Slogans Appear On the Wall Of Delhi Metro Station, Police Registers FIR |

    New Delhi: Pro-Khalistan graffiti and slogans were found on the pillars of Karol Bagh and Jhandewalan metro stations of Delhi on Sunday. The police have lodged an FIR in the case and collected CCTV footage from the concerned Metro Station from the authorities for investigation.

    Reportedly, the slogans were written by Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) supporters. SJF is a banned Sikh separatist group based in the United States.

    A security guard working in the building near the Karol Bagh Metro station informed that he noticed something written on the pillars of the metro station with black paint.  

    “I came to duty at 8 am and saw that something was written in black colour on the pillars of the metro station. A huge crowd had gathered there and was reading the slogans,” Bajrangi, the security guard, security guard while said speaking to ANI.

    “These slogans may have been written at night because no one was there at that time and no one saw who wrote these slogans,” he added.

    #WATCH | Delhi: Pro-Khalistan graffiti and slogans against PM Modi were found written on pillars of Karol Bagh and Jhandewalan Metro stations today. Police lodged an FIR in the case and requested CCTV footage from the concerned metro stations. pic.twitter.com/SG9nKX9sJS
    — ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2024

    Earlier, similar incidents were reported in Delhi’s Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area after which the Police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in making pro-Khalistani graffiti on walls

    Meanwhile, last year August, the police apprehended two people from Punjab in connection with pro-Khalistan slogans written on the wall of Delhi metro stations. 

    Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) criminalizes and punishes making statements, speeches, or acts that have the effect of disturbing public tranquillity or law and order by promoting enmity or creating fear or alarm between classes of people based on differences in religion, caste, language, or place of birth.

  • Supporters of pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh siege police station in Amritsar with guns, swords

    Express News Service

    CHANDIGARH: Hundreds of supporters of Pro-Khalistan propagator and self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh who is the chief of `Waaris Punjab De’ today barged into the Ajnala Police Station near Amritsar and laid siege after clashing with the police personnel.

    The followers of Amritpal Singh clashed with the police while breaking through barricades at the police in protest against the filing of FIR against Amritpal Singh and his associates, at Ajnala near Amritsar.

    The supporters of Amritpal broke over five police barricades and later barged into the police station at Ajnala.

    Amritpal’s supporters wielding swords clashed with the police personnel injuring many cops. Amritpal later entered the police station and threatened the police officials to release his supporter. 

    Amritpal gave an ultimatum to the police to release his supporter Lovepreet Singh and gatka master Baldev Singh currently lodged in judicial custody, as he was booked along with him (Amritpal) a few days ago on the complaint of Varinder Singh of Chamkor Sahib. Amritpal said if the police failed to release his supporter and cancel the case registered on them they give a permanent dharna at the police station.

    Earlier they also blocked the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway near the Dhilwan toll plaza in Kapurthala.

    Yesterday, Amritpal threatened to stage a protest at Ajnala police station against the alleged false cases of kidnapping and assault registered against him and his supporters.

    The Punjab Police had arrested one of his supporters Lovepreet Singh Toofan of Tibri in Gurdaspur and he was sent to judicial custody later on. 

    A case has been registered against Amritpal and his men for assaulting the police. Following this incident, security was beefed up at Ajnala town and on the route towards the police station, as his supporters from different parts of the state managed to converge near Ajnala.

    CHANDIGARH: Hundreds of supporters of Pro-Khalistan propagator and self-styled Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh who is the chief of `Waaris Punjab De’ today barged into the Ajnala Police Station near Amritsar and laid siege after clashing with the police personnel.

    The followers of Amritpal Singh clashed with the police while breaking through barricades at the police in protest against the filing of FIR against Amritpal Singh and his associates, at Ajnala near Amritsar.

    The supporters of Amritpal broke over five police barricades and later barged into the police station at Ajnala.

    Amritpal’s supporters wielding swords clashed with the police personnel injuring many cops. Amritpal later entered the police station and threatened the police officials to release his supporter. 

    Amritpal gave an ultimatum to the police to release his supporter Lovepreet Singh and gatka master Baldev Singh currently lodged in judicial custody, as he was booked along with him (Amritpal) a few days ago on the complaint of Varinder Singh of Chamkor Sahib. Amritpal said if the police failed to release his supporter and cancel the case registered on them they give a permanent dharna at the police station.

    Earlier they also blocked the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway near the Dhilwan toll plaza in Kapurthala.

    Yesterday, Amritpal threatened to stage a protest at Ajnala police station against the alleged false cases of kidnapping and assault registered against him and his supporters.

    The Punjab Police had arrested one of his supporters Lovepreet Singh Toofan of Tibri in Gurdaspur and he was sent to judicial custody later on. 

    A case has been registered against Amritpal and his men for assaulting the police. Following this incident, security was beefed up at Ajnala town and on the route towards the police station, as his supporters from different parts of the state managed to converge near Ajnala.