India, March 20 -- Seven associates of lawmaker and radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh, who were lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail under the National Security Act (NSA), were airlifted to Punjab on Thursday.

Singh and nine of his associates were arrested in Punjab in February and March 2023 in connection with the 2023 attack on Amritsar's Ajnala police station. Later they were shifted to the Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail.

According to Assam police officers, a 25-member team of Punjab police reached Assam on Monday and sought transit remand for the seven detainees.

"All of them completed two years in this jail and their detention period expired on March 19. The process of shifting started after the Punjab government decided not ...