HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, Mar 7: One more supporter of ‘Waris Punjab De’, who was lodged in the Dibrugarh Central Jail has been sent to the Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) for treatment after his health deteriorated.
Basant Singh was taken to AMCH on Thursday after his health condition deteriorated due to ‘hunger strike’.
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Earlier two of the associates of Amrit Pal Singh namely, Kulwant Singh and Gurmeet Singh were admitted at AMCH’s intensive care unit on Wednesday due to their poor health.
Kulwant Singh was admitted at AMCH on the night of March 5 at around 10 pm after he suffered from epilepsy.
“Their health condition is good and they have no serious issues. They are suffering from weakness. We got to know that they are on ‘hunger strike’, due to which their health condition deteriorated. They are on liquid diet,” said an official of AMCH.
As per sources, the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh and his nine associates, who have been detained under National Security Act (NSA), are said to be in an indefinite hunger strike since February 17in the Dibrugarh Central Jail.
On March 1, Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of the separatist Sikh for Justice asked to shift Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh and several of his associates, who are lodged in Dibrugarh jail to Amritsar jail or face the consequences.
In a telephonic message Pannu asked the Assam chief minister to shift Amritpal and his aides to Punjab or he will have to face dire consequences. He also said the organisation will lodge a complaint in the United Nation.
He said that Singh, along with other detainees, are on an indefinite hunger strike
The nine associates of Amritpal Singh who were booked under NSA are Daljeet Singh Kalsi, Papalpreet Singh, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, Varinder Singh Johal, Gurmeet Singh, Bukkanwala, Harjit Singh, Bhagwant Singh, Basant Singh and Gurinderpal Singh Aujla.
