Amritpal Singh, a radical Sikh preacher who has been evading the police for 12 days, released a video on Wednesday confirming that he remains at large. The video was sourced through a foreign country and appears to be two days old. UK handles have distributed the video. Meanwhile, sources in the police claim that Amritpal Singh has returned to Punjab and plans to surrender. He is wanted for an armed raid on a police station last month and supports a call for a separate homeland for Sikhs. The police were tipped off about his presence in the area and launched a door-to-door search operation in Hoshiarpur and neighbouring villages to catch him and his associates, who are accused in several criminal cases. However, Amritpal Singh managed to escape by ditching an Innova car at a gurdwara in the Maraiyan village of Hoshiarpur and fleeing into the fields. The police later recovered the car. A cordon and search operation was launched in and around the village, while checkposts and barricades were raised on the roads to catch the suspects. Sources said that Amritpal Singh was planning to give an interview to an international news agency before surrendering, but changed his mind after realising that he had no chance of escaping.
