Amritpal Singh

Amritpal Singh Sandhu (born 17 January 1993) is a radical}} pro-Khalistan separatist}} and a self-styled Sikh preacher, political activist}} and politician. He is a Member of Parliament in India's Lok Sabha representing the constituency of Khadoor Sahib in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab since 2024.

After living in Dubai for a decade, he returned to Punjab in September 2022, having been controversially appointed as the leader of Waris Punjab De and started a campaign which encouraged youth to refrain from drugs, adopt a traditionalist form of Sikhism, and advocated a sovereign Sikh nation state in Punjab, India called Khalistan.

Indian intelligence sources claim that Sandhu has been supported by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), that he has stockpiled arms while raising a private militia called Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF).}} In March 2023, the state government, acting in coordination with the central government, launched an intense crackdown on Sandhu and his associates.}} He was arrested on 23 April 2023 under the National Security Act (India). Provided by Wikipedia