A major security breach reported from Asam Dibrugarh Jail. In this jail Khalistan Sympathiser, Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh and his associates are currently lodged along with others, several unauthorised activities were detected in the National Security Act (NSA) cell.
The director general of Assam Police, GP Singh confirmed the incident on X. In his post stating that a search operation, which was launched early this morning, helped in the recovery of multiple unauthorised items, including a spy camera, a smartphone, a keypad phone, pen drives, Bluetooth headphones, speakers, a smartwatch, among others from the NSA cell.
In his tweet director general of Assam Police, GP Singh write that On receipt of Information about unauthorised activities taking place in NSA cell, additional CCTV cameras were installed in public area of NSA Block. He write that, Inputs received confirmed unauthorised activities, based on which Jail staff searched the premise of NSA Cell early this morning, leading to recovery of smartphone with SIM, keypad phone, TV remote with keyboard, spy-cam pen, pen drives, Bluetooth headphone & speakers and smart watch which were lawfully seized by Jail staff.
He then said that the items recovered were lawfully seized by the jail authorities and that an investigation was underway to determine their source. Further lawful action is being taken and steps being taken to prevent recurrence.
Amritpal Was Arrested on April 23 Last Year
Radical preacher Amritpal Singh was arrested by Punjab police on April 23 from Moga’s Rode village after days of a man-hunt when he finally surrendered. Nine of Amritpal’s close aides, including Papalpreet Singh and Daljeet Singh Kalsi, are also in the same jail.
Singh claims to draw inspiration from Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, who led the militant, separatist movement during the 1970s and 1980s. He emulates Bhindranwale’s style by wearing similar clothes and keeping a long beard.
He was arrested under the National Security Act, which allows for those considered a threat to national security to be detained without charge for up to a year.