DIBRUGARH, March 17: A 25-member team of Punjab Police on Monday took custody of three close associates of Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, lodged at the high-security Dibrugarh Central Jail since March 2023.

The Punjab Police team secured the custody of Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, Bhagwant Singh and Basant Singh after getting permission from the local Court.

The Punjab Police team had applied for the transit remand of seven Waris Punjab De members lodged in Dibrugarh Jail but managed to secure permission for only three of them due to some legal complications.

Sources said the Punjab Police will reapply for the transit remand of the remaining members, namely Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Gurinderpal Singh Aujla alias Guri Aujla, Harjeet Singh, and Daljeet Singh Kalsi on Tuesday.

They will be flown to Punjab under heavy security to face trial in the 2023 Ajnala police station attack case.

Once in custody, Punjab Police will formally arrest all seven in connection with the 2023 Ajnala police station attack incident.

Previously, these individuals had been detained under the National Security Act (NSA) but had not been formally charged in the police station attack case.

The move comes as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government decided not to reinvoke the NSA against the seven Waris Punjab De members, whose two-year detention period is set to expire on March 19.

The remaining three Waris Punjab De members, including Amritpal Singh, Varinder Singh Johal and Papalpreet Singh will however continue to remain in the Dibrugarh Jail until the Punjab government takes further decision.

Amritpal Singh was elected as the Khadoor Sahib MP in the 2024 general elections while in Dibrugarh Jail.

Along with him are his nine top aides including Papalpreet Singh, Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh Bhukhanwala, Harjit Singh, Basant Singh, Gurinder Singh, Aujla and Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke.

They all face charges under the NSA and other criminal offences.

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