{"id":458788,"date":"2023-03-24T17:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=458788"},"modified":"2023-03-24T17:56:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:26:25","slug":"amritpal-khalsa-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/amritpal-khalsa-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Videos show Amritpal Singh&#8217;s private militia Anandpur Khalsa Force in weapons training, target practice | WATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the hunt for fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh continued for the seventh day today, videos of the \u2018Waris Punjab De\u2019 chief private militia christened \u2018Anandpur Khalsa Force\u2019 or AKF, have emerged on social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visuals doing the rounds on social media show the members of notorious Khalistan sympathizers private army donning body armor emblazoned with the AKF logo, undergoing weapons training in a forested area, which is reportedly a make-shift shooting range constructed in Amritpal Singh\u2019s native village of Jallupur Khera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the videos here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/03\/24175106\/amritpal-khalsa-force.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0a05\u0a28\u0a70\u0a26\u0a2a\u0a41\u0a30 \u0a16\u0a3c\u0a3e\u0a32\u0a38\u0a3e \u0a2b\u0a4c\u0a1c AKF \u0a26\u0a47 \u0a1c\u0a3e\u0a30\u0a40 \u0a39\u0a4b\u0a0f \u0a35\u0a40\u0a21\u0a3f\u0a13<br>Video of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AKF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AKF<\/a> ANANDPUR KHALSA FORCE released by Punjab police showing Amritpal Singh supporters donning body armours <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EcQKPGyEnk\">pic.twitter.com\/EcQKPGyEnk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Punjabi Link (@ThePunjabiLink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePunjabiLink\/status\/1639201936812699650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fugitive Amritpal Singh formed Anandpur Khalsa Force (AKF) in Punjab for armed Khalistan movement against India.<br><br>It&#39;s reported that Pakistan is using drones to drop weapons in Punjab. Are those weapons being dropped for AKF? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/157nRXdGYQ\">pic.twitter.com\/157nRXdGYQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AskAnshul\/status\/1639174331933790214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Punjab Police, Amritpal\u2019s former gunman, Tejinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba, revealed during questioning that the \u2018Waris Punjab De\u2019 supremo ran a highly organized network to train recruits in his protection force, with extensive weapons training and target practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tejinder told the police that Amritpal Singh had formed a private militia called the Anandpur Khalsa Force or AKF who underwent extensive arms training at a makeshift shooting range in the Jallupur Khera village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh\u2019s former bodyguard told the cops that AKF recruits underwent rigorous arms training and target practice and were accorded ranked as per their seniority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, reports today claimed that the fugitive Khalistani may be headed for Delhi, a day after his last known location was traced to Haryana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An NDTV report quoting sources said the security has been heightened across the national capital as its suspected that the notorious \u2018Waris Punjab De\u2019 chief may be headed to Delhi after last being spotted in Shahabad in Haryana\u2019s Kurukshetra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, Amritpal Singh and his associate Papalpreet Singh, had stayed at Shahabad home of a woman identified as Baljeet Kaur, who was arrested yesterday, Punjab Police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A video with a time stamp of Monday, doing the rounds on the internet yesterday showed the fugitive Sikh preacher dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans, trying to hide his face with an umbrella as he was departing from the Baljeet Kaur\u2019s house in Shahabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, the Punjab Police arrested Amritpal Singh\u2019s former gunman and notorious associate, Tejinder Singh aka Gorkha Baba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A report quoted DSP Payal Harsimrat Singh of the Punjab Police as saying that Tejinder Singh, a resident of Punjab\u2019s Mangewal village, was nabbed by the Khanna police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A nation-wide crackdown was launched to nab Amritpal Singh after the dreaded Khalistani leader and his supporters armed with swords and guns, stormed a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of Amritsar city last month and clashed with police for the release of one of his aides Lovepreet Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the hunt for fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh continued for the seventh day today, videos of the \u2018Waris Punjab De\u2019 chief private militia christened \u2018Anandpur Khalsa Force\u2019 or AKF, have emerged on social media platforms. 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