Internet shut down in Punjab as police hunt for fugitive Sikh separatist leader

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Internet shut down in Punjab as police hunt for fugitive Sikh separatist leader

For several days, police in Punjab have been in pursuit of a fugitive Sikh separatist leader - even cutting off mobile internet and text messaging services for the region's more than 27 million people to prevent his supporters from gathering.

A self-styled preacher, Amritpal Singh, has called on his followers to revive a banned secessionist movement called Khalistan for followers of the Sikh faith in Punjab in the 1980 s and early 1990s.

While the separatist movement has been largely wiped out in Punjab in the mid- 90s, it continues to find support within India and among the Sikh diaspora, especially in U.K. Australia and Canada.

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