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NAWANSHAHR: Nawanshahr Police have registered a fresh case against Arvinder Singh, who was sentenced to life imprisonment along with two others for waging war against the Government of India, and three others under the Arms Act and under provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). I am in touch with my senior officers and everything will be cleared,” he said. “We are verifying everything. While the sacrileges at Saroya and Bichhodi villages happened in January 2017 and June 2018, Arvinder has been in jail since his arrest by Nawanshahr police on May 25, 2016.Besides Arvinder and Gurdeep, Jaspreet and Harshdeep were also booked under Section 25 of the Arms Act and sections 10 and 13 of UAPA. When told that the incidents of sacrilege mentioned in FIR were of January 2017 and June 2018, when Arvinder was in jail, the DSP said, “I questioned him and he told me that he was out of jail then.”Nawanshahr SSP Deepak Hilori replied that he could not disclose anything as the accused was still being questioned..