Bhai Amritpal Singh and his associates should be transferred to Punjab jail soon: Family members and lawyers
Bhai Amritpal Singh and his associates should be transferred to Punjab jail soon: Family members and lawyers
Accusation of interfering in the private life of jailed Singhs by installing spy cameras in their barracks.
The health of the lions who are on hunger strike in protest is deteriorating.
SAS Nagar, February 24 (): 10 Singhs, including Bhai Amritpal Singh, president of ‘Waris Punjab De’ organization, are lodged in Dibrugarh jail of Assam under the NSA Act and are on hunger strike for the last several days. During this time, a case has come to light that the jail administration violated their privacy and fundamental rights by installing 27 spy cameras and dongles in the bulbs installed in the bathrooms of the barracks.
During a press conference at Mohali Press Club here today, Bhai Amritpal Singh’s lawyer Advocate Iman Singh Khara, father S. Tarsem Singh, uncle Sukhchain Singh, Pappalpreet Singh’s maternal uncle Amarjeet Singh, Bhagwant Singh Bajeke’s father Harjinder Singh said that due to the hunger strike, the health of the captive Singhs is deteriorating and any untoward incident can happen any time.
Therefore, there is a demand from our government and jail administration that the group of 10 lions should be transferred to the jail of Punjab as soon as possible. He said that according to the law, a person arrested under NSA can be sentenced to one year imprisonment but 10 Singhs lodged in Dibrugarh jail were arrested last year on March 18, 2023, whose period will be extended next month. Expiring on 18 March 2024.
Advocate Iman Singh Khara said that I received a call from Bhai Amritpal Singh and colleagues that the jail administration has called an electrician to install spy cameras, dongles and microphones in the light bulbs of their barracks so that we can be spied on, which is directly possible. But our privacy is violated. He said that we also complained to the jail superintendent but he also ignored it. Also Gurmeet Singh Bukanwala said that S.P. Was also transferred.
He said that we are afraid that they may kill us. He said that Punjab and Central Government are directly involved in this bad behavior of the jail administration. That is why we are on hunger strike from 16 February 2024 in protest against this. An audio message of Bhai Amritpal Singh, Bhai Pappalpreet Singh, Bhai Bhagwant Singh Prime Minister Bajeke and Sardar Daljit Singh Kalsi went viral, after which 30 youth are also sitting on hunger strike in Amritsar jail.
The above leaders said that about 45 families of these lions are sitting on a peaceful hunger strike on Heritage Street, Amritsar, in protest against the inhuman torture of lions in jails by the jail administration and the government. Meanwhile, Amritpal Singh’s uncle Sukhchain Singh said that all the families had appealed to Amritsar DC Sahib and Police Commissioner to transfer the Singhs to Punjab jail.
He assured us that this issue would be resolved soon by holding a meeting with the Secretary of the Home Department in Chandigarh. Today when we came here to meet the Secretary, he said that I have no knowledge about this matter and I have a plan to go to Mukerian-Pathankot. So he arranged a meeting with a PCS officer and he just sang the praises of the government and told his story.
Bhai Amritpal Singh’s father Tarsem Singh said that the lives of our children in jail are in danger.
We do not demand their release, but our only demand is that these jailed Singhs should be transferred to Punjab. He further said that we appeal to all the people of Punjab to support the Singhs who are on hunger strike in Dibrugarh Jail and Amritsar Central Jail.
He said that I request all the Punjabis to put pressure on the Punjab government and help them in breaking this hunger strike so that all the Singhs in jail can get justice. The above leaders said that in this hour of crisis, the entire country should join the ongoing constitutional and peaceful protest at Darbar Sahib, Sri Amritsar Sahib, Heritage Street, so that this protest can be intensified and pave the way for the release of the captive Singhs. Can be expanded.