Jalandhar, May 24, 2019 - The Counter Intelligence Wing, Jalandhar and Commissionerate Police Amritsar on Thursday arrested a wanted extremist belonging to Khalistan Commando Force (KCF).
The accused has been identified as Kulwant Singh alias Kanta Valaitiya of village Jagrawan in district Jalandhar. He has been arrested following an intelligence input.
AIG Counter Intelligence, Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said that the accused was actively involved in terror activities during the militancy era and more than 15 cases were registered against him during that period.
The Counter-Intelligence sleuths received received a tip-off that Kulwant, who is a proclaimed offender, was present at his village.
The information was immediately shared with the Commissioner of Police Amritsar and a joint team was formed to arrest him.
“Following the instructions, the joint police party arrested the accused Kulwant Singh alias Kanta from his village today”, he added.
During preliminary interrogation, he revealed that he was a close associate of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) terrorists Balwinder Singh and Manak Rai and had actively participated in extremist activities along with them during 1988-89. He went to England and returned to India in 2011.
Kulwant Singh has been declared a proclaimed offender by the Amritsar court on August 31,2017.