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Amritpal Singh

Singh in 2022 Amritpal Singh (born 17 January 1993) is a radical pro-Khalistan separatist and a self-styled preacher.}} He is a Member of Parliament in India's Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Khadoor Sahib in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab since 2024

After living in Dubai for a decade, he returned to Punjab in September 2022, having been controversially appointed as the leader of Waris Punjab De, a Khalistani separatist pressure group, and started an anti-drugs campaign, encouraging youth to adopt a traditionalist form of Sikhism, and advocated a sovereign Sikh nation state in Punjab, India called Khalistan.}}

Indian intelligence sources claim that Singh has been supported by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), that he has stockpiled arms while raising a private militia called Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF).}} In March 2023, the state government, acting in coordination with the central government, launched an intense crackdown on Singh and his associates.}} He was arrested on 23 April 2023 under the National Security Act (India). Provided by Wikipedia
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