Kirandeep Kaur,
Avtar Singh Khanda– People behind Amritpal Singh’s rise as a Khalistani leader

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Amritpal Singh’s
before Waris Punjab De

Amritpal Singh was living in Dubai and working in his family business until February 2022. At the time, Singh had a short moustache and trimmed hair [{ "selector": ".zfbgi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 475px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".lonnx-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Amritpal Singh heads
Waris Punjab De

Amritpal Singh is currently the head of the radical Sikh outfit Waris Punjab De. Singh sports a long beard and kesh with a saffron turban as of now [{ "selector": ".wsksd-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 480px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".ieidc-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

People behind
Amritpal’s rise

The meteoric rise in Amritpal Singh’s popularity in Punjab begs the question– who are the people supporting him? [{ "selector": ".lrtui-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 473px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".flbjl-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Kirandeep Kaur

An NRI living in Britain, Kaur married Amritpal on February 10 this year. Kirandeep Kaur was interrogated by Punjab Police over alleged funding that Amritpal got from foreign sources [{ "selector": ".fxbsl-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 471px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".kmmkz-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Harjeet Singh

A strong supporter of the Khalistan movement, Singh is Amritpal’s uncle who allegedly helped Amritpal escape. Amritpal Singh assisted him in his transport business in Dubai [{ "selector": ".kmbrt-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 435px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".ospof-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Daljeet Singh Kalsi

Kalsi was Amritpal Singh’s financier and was in touch with the ISI. He formed Sterling India Agency to receive foreign funding. Kalsi collected Rs 35 crore from foreign sources in two years [{ "selector": ".iwxbi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 451px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".dxagx-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Avtar Singh Khanda

Khanda allegedly groomed Amritpal Singh before he came to Punjab. He has links with terrorist Jagtar Singh Tara and Paramjit Singh Pamma and also has links with the ISI [{ "selector": ".nbpij-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 435px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".gfoad-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Pappalpreet Singh

He facilitated Amritpal Singh’s escape and was taking instructions from the ISI to fan tensions in Punjab. Singh also reportedly advised Amritpal to disguise himself as a common man [{ "selector": ".nmkki-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 460px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".erkbo-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Toofan Singh,
Bhagwant Singh

Toofan Singh and Bhagwant Singh played a significant role in the Ajnala police station clash. Amritpal along with his followers raided the police station in February to get Toofan Singh released [{ "selector": ".iatrj-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 449px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".winxa-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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Kirandeep Kaur, Avtar Singh Khanda– People behind Amritpal Singh’s rise as a Khalistani leader

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Amritpal Singh’s before Waris Punjab De

Amritpal Singh heads Waris Punjab De

People behind Amritpal’s rise