Manhunt for Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh in India enters its second day after authorities shut mobile internet in whole of Punjab state and arrest 78 of his supporters
India's search for the self-styled Sikh preacher, Amritpal Singh, enters its second day, with authorities arresting 78 of his supporters.A manhunt for a Sikh separatist leader in India has entered its second day, after authorities shut mobile internet in the whole of Punjab state and arrested 78 of his supporters.
Singh rose to prominence in recent months demanding the creation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh homeland, and with his hardline interpretation of Sikhism at rallies in rural pockets of the northern state of some 30 million people. After the operation began on Saturday, Punjab police tweeted late in the day that 78 had been arrested in the "mega crackdown". Sikh Indian player faces online abuse over dropped catch in Pakistan matchLocal media reports said that the Punjab government ordered the mobile internet shutdown to be in place until noon on Monday.
Punjab – with about 58 percent Sikhs and 39 percent Hindus – was rocked by a violent separatist movement for Khalistan in the 1980s and early 1990s when thousands of people died.
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