Punjab Police seeks from Tinder details about account suspected to be linked to Amritpal Singh

Chandigarh, Jun 7: Punjab Police has sought information from dating app Tinder about an account suspected to be linked with radical preacher and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh  who has been booked in the murder of a Sikh activist.
In a communication to Tinder  the Faridkot police said it was probing the murder case of Sikh activist Gurpreet Singh Hari Nau  who was shot dead on October 9 last year while returning home from the village Gurdwara on his motorcycle. Nau was a member of the radical outfit  Waris Punjab De  headed by Amritpal Singh.
Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav  in October last year  claimed that Nau was killed allegedly at the behest of Amritpal Singh  who is currently jailed under the stringent National Security Act.
Police also claimed that gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh  alias Arsh Dalla  was the mastermind behind the killing. It said two shooters of the gang have been arrested in the case  registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act.
In the communication dated May 26 and accessed by PTI on Saturday  police wrote   This is to inform you that the Punjab Police  India  is currently investigating a murder case registered under FIR No. 159 dated 10-10-2024 under Sections 103(1)  126(2)  and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)  2023 along with relevant provisions of the Arms Act. 1959  at Police Station Sadar Kotkapura  District Faridkot  Punjab  India.
  On 09-10-2024  Gurpreet Singh  a well-known online activist  was shot dead by two assailants on a motorcycle. The deceased managed a Facebook page  Hari Nau Talks  and had been outspoken against the Sikh radical Amritpal Singh. Shooters have been apprehended and are under investigation.
During the course of investigation  a Tinder account under the name  Amrit Sandhu  (screenshot attached) was identified  and the account is suspected to be linked with Amritpal Singh  accused in the said FIR. The communication and analysis of data might provide evidence to the Investigating Agency relevant to the FIR   the police wrote.
Police have sought from Tinder the subscriber details  name  date of birth  phone number  location information  and IP address logs since January 1  2019  of the account. It also sought information on all linked e-mail IDs and phone numbers  photographs and media files uploaded by the account  friends/contacts list and mutual matches  chat history and messages exchanged via the Tinder platform and any other detail.
Amritpal Singh  an MP from the Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency in Punjab  is currently lodged in Assam s Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act (NSA).
Amritpal  who heads the  Waris Punjab De  outfit and has styled himself after slain Khalistani militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale  was jailed along with nine of his associates under the NSA.