Amarjit Singh, the key accused in the murder of Dera Kar Seva chief Baba Tarsem Singh, was gunned down in an encounter with the Uttarakhand Special Task Force during the early hours of Tuesday. Police are on the lookout for his accomplice.
Uttarakhand Police DGP Abhinav Kumar told ANI that Amarjit was shot down and his accomplice fled from the scene. Amarjit had a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head and Haridwar police, Uttarakhand Special Task Force are on the look out for his accomplice, Kumar said.
Baba Tarsem Singh, Dera Kar Seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district was shot dead on March 25 by assailants on a motorcycle. The Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara, around 50 km from Rudrapur, is a revered Sikh shrine located on the Rudrapur-Tanakpur route in the Udham Singh Nagar district of the state. The Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara, around 50 km from Rudrapur, is a revered Sikh shrine located on the Rudrapur-Tanakpur route in the Udham Singh Nagar district of the state.
Uttarakhand police registered an FIR against five persons, including a retired IAS officer in the case. Those named in the FIR include the two assailants -- Sarabjit Singh and Amarjeet Singh -- IAS officer Harbans Singh Chugh who heads the Nanakmatta Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Baba Anup Singh and Pritam Singh Sandhu, the vice-president of a regional Sikh outfit, police said.
- with PTI inputs.
