As Amritpal Singh continues to escape the police dragnet, India has requested the Nepal Government not to allow the fugitive radical leader, believed to be hiding there, to flee to a third country and arrest him if he escapes using Indian passport or any other fake passport.
In a letter sent to the Department of Consular Services on Saturday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu has requested the Government agencies to arrest Singh if he tries to flee from Nepal, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported on Monday.
“Singh is currently hiding in Nepal,” the paper said, citing a copy of the letter obtained by it. “The esteemed Ministry is requested to inform the Department of Immigration not to permit Amritpal Singh flee Nepal for any third country and arrest him if he attempts to escape using Indian Passport or any other fake passport under intimation to this mission,” it said.
The letter and Singh’s personal details have been circulated to all the concerned agencies from hotels to airlines, the paper said, citing multiple sources.
Singh, who is said to be possessing multiple passports with different identities, has been on the run since March 18 when the police launched a crackdown against him. The elusive preacher gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.