The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the chiefs of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) to be alert in the border areas as there is a possibility that Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh Sandhu might cross over the International Border in Punjab or via the India-Nepal border, it has been learnt.

An officer said a message has been sent to all units of the BSF and SSB along with two pictures of Amritpal – with and without his turban. “It is reliably learnt that Amritpal Singh, the chief of a pro-Khalistan outfit, has been declared a fugitive by Punjab Police. There is a possibility that he crossed the India-Nepal border or International Border in Punjab. They have been asked to be alert and to sensitise all personnel deployed in the border posts,” an officer said.