Overview
- Plainclothes Crime Investigation Agency teams apprehended Satwinder Singh and his son Prince from the Golden Temple parikrama on Friday as part of an ongoing probe, with police saying no formal arrests were made.
- SGPC task force personnel detained two plainclothes officers inside the complex and released them after senior police officials intervened.
- SGPC called the operation inappropriate, citing established protocols that require prior coordination, and initiated an administrative inquiry that will report to its executive committee.
- Tarn Taran SSP Surendra Lamba said the action involved Fazilka, Amritsar and Tarn Taran teams and attributed the confrontation to a communication gap that Amritsar police leadership resolved.
- Reporting says CCTV cameras captured the incident, and the family reports a subsequent police search of their home and notes Satwinder’s prior conviction, while authorities have not disclosed the reasons for Friday’s detentions.