Pilgrims enroute the Nanaksar Gurdwara in Punjab’s Jagraon know Mehatpur as a popular pitstop on National Highway 71. But amid the ongoing crackdown on Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh’s supporters, it turned into a site of a wild car chase this week.
Amritpal’s uncle and his associate surrendered before the police after the chase. However, with the suspension of mobile internet in the state, and a narrative in certain sections of the media portraying the area as the birthplace of some of the arrested suspects, locals are not amused.
