An undated photo of radical preacher Amritpal Singh who reportedly evades arrest after police launch a massive crackdown against him and his aides in Amritsar. File
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A manhunt was still on to nab radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, police said.
“He is now a fugitive and we are looking for him and we will soon arrest him,” Jalandhar Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal told reporters near Nakodar in Jalandhar late Saturday night.
Mr. Chahal said six to seven gunmen of Amritpal Singh have been arrested.
The Punjab Government had on Saturday launched a major crackdown against Amritpal, with police arresting 78 members of an outfit headed by him, officials said.
The elusive preacher himself, however, gave the police a slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Jalandhar district. As the operation went underway, authorities stepped up security at several places and suspended internet and SMS services in the…