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Hunt for Amritpal: Preacher was ready with 'Khalistan flag', private militia, say cops

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Talking to the media, SSP of Khanna, Amneet Kondal, said, “The Khalistan flag had some Urdu words written on it.’’ A file photo of fugitive preacher and 'Waris Punjab De' chief Amritpal Singh (C) with his supporters.  CHANDIGARH: Some of the incriminating visuals in videos and the mobile phone seized by the police from Tajinder Singh Gill alias Gorkha Baba, the ‘bodyguard’ of Amritpal Singh, include the state emblem of the so-called Khalistan, the design of its ‘flag’, logo and emblems of the areas within the proposed state, 10-dollar Khalistan currency bills and a hologram of the militant outfit Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKS). These visuals also show AKS members doing firing practice and martial arts training at a makeshift firing range near a river in Jallupur Kheda, the native village of Amritpal Singh. Talking to the media, SSP of Khanna, Amneet Kondal, said, “The Khalistan flag had some Urdu words written on it.’’ “Videos of members showing their expertise in assembling, disas...