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Two Held In Punjab For Harbouring Amritpal Singh

Two men have been arrested in India for allegedly sheltering Amritpal Singh, a radical preacher who has been on the run after police launched a crackdown against him. The accused have been identified as Rajdeep Singh and Sarbjit Singh, and they were produced before the duty magistrate and sent to one-day police remand.

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Two men have been arrested for allegedly harbouring radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who has been on the run after police launched a crackdown against him last month, officials said on Saturday.

The arrested men have been identified as Rajdeep Singh of Babak village in Hoshiarpur district and Sarbjit Singh of Jalandhar district, the police said.

Both Rajdeep Singh and Sarbjit Singh were produced before the duty magistrate on Friday night and sent to one-day police remand. The police launched a major crackdown against Amritpal Singh and members of his 'Waris Punjab De' outfit last month. 

The Khalistan sympathiser, who is yet to be nabbed, escaped the police's net in Jalandhar district on March 18, switching vehicles and changing his appearance.