Kar Sewa Badmash Surrenders

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Kar seva baba surrenders

Tribune News Service

Patiala, January 8

Controversial Kar Seva Wale Baba Amrik Singh who was declared a proclaimed offender surrendered in the court of Ms Rajnish, Judicial Magistrate (First Class), here today and was sent to judicial custody till January 10.

An FIR was registered against him at Tripuri police station on September 2 last year under various Sections of the IPC, including 420, 406, 409 and 120. The case was registered on a complaint made by Mr Gurmeet Singh on behalf of Baba Jagtar Singh, a resident of Dera Baba Jeevan Singh, Goindwal Sahib, Tarn Taran district.

Two co-accused, Kanwaljit Kaur and Mukhtiar Singh, are in judicial custody while the Baba's sister, Harjinder, has already been bailed out. In September last year, Baba Amrik Singh was embroiled in a controversy when the Patiala police detected sensational documents pertaining to the purchase of prime land in certain parts of Punjab and bank accounts in the name of the alleged culprits.

He had fled from Dera Baba Jeevan Singh at Tarn Taran and went underground after allegedly embezzling donations worth crores on July 8. The FIR revealed that the Baba belonged to a poor family. The Baba shot into limelight when he supervised kar seva of Sarovar of the Golden Temple, gold-plating of Darbar Sahib, Tarn Taran, and Sikh shrines in Pakistan and allegedly collected huge donations. However, he had fled on the pretext of purchasing medicines from Amritsar.