On July 4, 2022, Deep Sidhu’s brother Mandeep established an organisation in Fathehgarh Sahib in accordance with Deep’s wishes to advance “Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan,” raise awareness about pollution-related problems, encourage drug-dependent youth to take up sports, among other objectives.
It was created with stringent rules in place, including the selection of office holders and their roles.
According to Mandeep, the organisation was founded to carry out his late brother’s vision of serving the Punjabi people.
Mandeep refused to turn over the paperwork for “Waris Punjab De” when Amritpal demanded it after his August 2022 return from abroad.
The Sidhu family refused to acknowledge Amritpal as the heir to Deep’s ideology and said the actor had blocked his number before his tragic road accident in February 2022.
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Out of the blue, a new organisation called ‘Warris Panj-Aab De’ surfaced, with Deep Sidhu’s official Facebook page linked to it. It was registered in Moga district, with its inception date set being mentioned as December 15, 2021.
The Facebook page amassed a huge following, causing confusion among people, who assumed that Amritpal had taken over the organisation created by Deep Sidhu.
Some documents unearthed during the ongoing crackdown against Amritpal suggest that the establishment of ‘Warris Panj-Aab De’ was potentially backdated. The organisation’s registered address was “Guru Nanak Furniture Store”, owned by Amritpal’s close associate Gurmeet Singh Bukkanwala, in Duneke village in Moga district.
Bukkanwala has been taken into custody and charged under the National Security Act and shifted to Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam. During questioning, Gurmeet claimed that the organisation was established much later, and some contacts were used to register it backdated from Moga district. However, he was unable to provide further information on the matter.
The Moga-based organisation did not mention Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It focussed rather on real estate and providing security at religious functions.
Amritpal has been on the run since March 18 when the police launched a crackdown against hi The elusive preacher gave the police the slip and escaped their dragnet when his cavalcade was intercepted in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.
(With inputs from PTI)
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