On Sunday, Ravneet Singh Bittu, the Member of Parliament from Ludhiana belonging to the Congress party, alleged that he had been threatened with dire consequences in a call if he did not cease criticising Amritpal Singh, a preacher and supporter of the Khalistani movement.
๐๐ถ๐๐๐, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐บ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ต, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป๐'๐น ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Bittu, who has been elected to the Parliament three times, is the grandson of the former Chief Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, who was assassinated in 1995.
The Member of Parliament from Ludhiana, Ravneet Singh Bittu, is currently attending the 85th plenary session of the Congress in Chhattisgarh. He has reported receiving a threatening phone call from an unknown international number.
"The caller said I should stop speaking against Amritpal Singh or else face dire consequences," Bittu said, according to a report by PTI.
A complaint has been filed with the police post at Ghumar Mandi in Ludhiana, and investigations are currently underway.
๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ท๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น'๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
On Thursday, supporters of Amritpal Singh, some of whom were armed with swords and guns, breached barricades and forcibly entered the police station complex in Ajnala. They remained encamped there until they received "assurances" that Lovepreet Singh, an aide of Singh who had been arrested, would be set free.
On Friday, Lovepreet Singh aka 'Toofan', who is an aide of Singh and has been accused of kidnapping, was released from jail.
Despite a significant police presence, no action was taken as the preacher, who has been frequently labeled a Khalistani sympathizer, and his supporters remained at the Ajnala police station for several hours.
Amritpal Singh, who had recently returned from Dubai, is the leader of the "Waris Punjab De" organization, which was founded by the late actor and activist Deep Sidhu. Sidhu passed away in a road accident in February of last year.
