An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udhamsingh Nagar districts of the Uttarakhand as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalisthan Amritpal Singh entering into the state, the state’s Director General of Police Ashok Kumar has said.
“An alert has been issued in Dehradun, Haridwar, and Udhamsingh Nagar districts of the state as a precaution in view of the possibility of pro-Khalisthan Amritpal Singh entering the state,” the DGP told ANI. He said that the police is conducting intensive checking on the borders of all three districts and in other areas.
“Significantly, all three districts of the State have been affected by terrorism since 90s,” he added.
On Thursday, Punjab’s Inspector General of Police, Headquarters, Sukhchain Singh Gill said that a total of 207 persons have been arrested for disturbing peace and harmony in the state of which 30 have been found in substantive criminal activities while remaining are under preventive arrest.