Amritpal Singh rose to prominence in recent months demanding the creation of Khalistan, a separate Sikh homeland, and with his hardline interpretation of Sikhism at rallies in rural pockets of the northern state of some 30 million people.
After the operation began on Saturday, Punjab police tweeted late in the day that 78 had been arrested in the "mega crackdown".The police late Sunday said that it "made [more] preventive arrests" of people "attempting to disturb law and order in Punjab". The police said that its "manhunt" was ongoing and the overall "situation is under control, citizens requested to not believe in rumours".
Indian authorities frequently shut down mobile internet services, particularly in the restive northern region of Kashmir.India summoned the "senior-most UK diplomat in New Delhi" late Sunday after some Singh supporters allegedly entered and vandalised the Indian High Commission in London.