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India arrests more than 100 people in manhunt for Sikh separatist

 Published: 08:54, 20 March 2023

India arrests more than 100 people in manhunt for Sikh separatist

A manhunt for a hardline Sikh preacher in India has entered its third day as authorities shut mobile internet in the whole of Punjab state and arrest more than 100 of his supporters.

Amritpal Singh, 30, rose to prominence in recent months demanding the creation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh homeland, and with his hardline interpretation of Sikhism at rallies in rural pockets of the western state of some 30 million people.

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