Rakesh kumar
The Punjabi Twitter account of British broadcaster BBC News was suspended on Tuesday, as the state’s security forces entered their tenth day of searching for Khalistani separatist and ‘Punjab Waris De’ leader Amritpal Singh.
Visitors to @bbcnewspunjabi encountered a gray screen with the following message: “…account has been suspended in India due to a legal demand.”
The British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, has not yet commented on the suspension, and Twitter has not yet disclosed the request that prompted its action.
Tuesday, the BBC News Punjabi Twitter account was’suspended’ amidst the manhunt for Khalistani separatist and Punjab Waris De leader Amritpal Singh.
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According to reports, more than 100 Twitter handles and multiple YouTube channels have been suspended as Punjab and the central government search for Amritpal Singh.
The operation to apprehend the leader of ‘Waris Punjab De’ was initiated on March 18.
This morning, the center requested that Nepal place him on a watchlist after intelligence reports indicated that he may have crossed the border using a phony passport.
The Hindustan Times was unable to independently corroborate Kathmandu media reports claiming he was hiding in the Nepalese capital.
On Monday, a new photograph of Amritpal Singh with his close aide Papalpreet Singh was shared on social media, as Twitter and the authorities attempt to keep up with the fugitive’s frequent appearance changes.
Papalpreet is reputedly Amritpal Singh’s mentor and was in contact with the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. The photograph depicts Amritpal Singh wearing a jacket, a maroon turban, sunglasses, and clutching a beer can.
Papalpreet is wearing a hoodie. In an earlier photograph, the two are seen riding in a three-wheeled vehicle hauling a motorcycle.
Amritpal Singh was arrested approximately three weeks after he and his supporters assaulted a police station near Amritsar to demand the release of his aide. In this assault, six police officers were injured.
Since then, nearly 200 of Amritpal’s supporters and aides have been arrested, but he continues to evade capture, prompting opposition criticism of the governing Aam Aadmi Party.
