Chandigarh, March 22 -- Seven close aides of pro-Khalistani leader and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh were brought back to Punjab from Assam's Dibrugarh Central Jail and remanded in police custody until March 25.

The Punjab Police re-arrested them on March 21 in connection with the 2023 Ajnala police station attack case. They were produced before a court in Ajnala under heavy security after being granted transit remand from a local court in Dibrugarh.

The arrested aides include Basant Singh (Daulatpura Ucha), Bhagwant Singh alias Pradhan Mantri Bajeke (Bajeke village), Gurmeet Singh Gill alias Gurmeet Bukkanwala (Bukkanwala village, Moga), Sarabjeet Singh Kalsi alias Daljeet Singh Kalsi (West Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi), Gurinderpal Singh A...