Punjab wants MP Amritpal Singh to remain in Assam jail; HC dismisses his plea against NSA detention

CHANDIGARH: (Apr 17) The Punjab government on Thursday filed a fresh plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking confinement of Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh at Dibrugarh jail in Assam as his detention under the National Security Act comes to end on April 22.

Amritpal Singh has been kept in the prison in Assam in connection with the 2023 Ajnala Police Station attack case.

In a separate order, the high court on Thursday dismissed Amritpal's plea, challenging the third detention order under the NSA issued by the Punjab government in April last year.