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Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh in Punjab after weeks on the run

Amritpal Singh was arrested in a Sikh temple in Punjab after he was deemed a threat to national security. (Reuters)

Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after searching for him for more than a month, in a move against the revival of an independent homeland in the state of Punjab bordering Pakistan.

Mr Singh, 30, had been on the run since last month after capturing national attention in February, when hundreds of his supporters stormed a police station in Ajnala, Punjab state, with wooden batons, swords and guns to demand the release of a jailed aide.

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