Amritpal Singh Arrested Underneath Nationwide Safety Act: 5 Factors

Amritpal Singh addressed a gathering on the Gurdwara earlier than the police arrested him

New Delhi:

Fugitive preacher Amritpal Singh right now surrendered earlier than the Punjab police at a gurudwara in Rode village in Moga district. The 30-year-old was on the run since March 18. Amritpal Singh addressed a gathering on the Gurdwara earlier than the police arrested him on Sunday.

Confirming the arrest, Punjab police tweeted, “Amritpal Singh arrested in Moga, Punjab. Additional particulars will probably be shared by Punjab police. Urge residents to keep up peace and concord, Do not share any faux information, all the time confirm and share.” 

#AmritpalSingh arrested in Moga, Punjab.

Additional particulars will probably be shared by #PunjabPolice

Urge residents to keep up peace and concord, Do not share any faux information, all the time confirm and share.

— Punjab Police India (@PunjabPoliceInd) April 23, 2023

Amritpal Singh, who the federal government describes as a Khalistani-Pakistan agent, has been taken to Dibrugarh, in Assam, the place eight of his aides are already being held underneath the Nationwide Safety Act (NSA). 

Allow us to perceive the Nationwide Safety Act, 1980.

1.Underneath the Nationwide Safety Act, the central or state authorities can concern an order to detain an individual who poses a menace to nationwide safety. 

2. As per the Act, the particular person, in respect of whom a detention order has been made, ought to be “detained in such place and underneath such circumstances, together with circumstances as to upkeep, self-discipline and punishment for breaches of self-discipline, as the suitable Authorities might, by normal or particular order, specify.”

3. The utmost interval of a detention is twelve months. The time interval could be prolonged primarily based on the studies and information submitted earlier than the federal government. 

4. A detention order could be executed at anywhere in India within the “method supplied for the execution of warrants of arrest underneath the Code of Prison Process, 1973.” 

5. The detainee can’t be charged throughout this era.