AMRITSAR: The president of the Manjit faction of the All India Sikh Students Federation, Manjit Singh, was arrested under the terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act here early Sunday. A police spokesman said Manjit Singh was arrested from his resin Amritsar for “harbouring terror and extorting large sums. “Punjab government had received complaints against him for extortions and running a parallel administration.
Federation leaders, Darshan Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Jammu (in Jalandhar) were also arrested Sunday and booked under the same act.
Meanwhile the executive committee of the federation has threatened to launch an “action programme” in case Manjit Singh was not released unconditionally by Monday.
Manjit Singh was among the Jodhpur detainees released in March last year after five years. He was arrested during Operation Blue Star in 1984, when the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple, the Holy Sikh Shrine. He was to leave for Anandpur Sahib to organise a religious training camp of Sikh youth there Monday when he was arrested and whisked away too some unknown place.
Singh had been put under house arrest on June 6 when he tried to force his entry into the Golden Temple complex to participate in the Ghallughara week (genocide week) held earlier this month to observe the sixth anniversary of Operation Blue Star.
Police will seek a police remand of Manjit Singh official sources said.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 29, 1990
