AMRITSAR, May 15 -- The district and sessions court on Thursday framed charges against Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh in connection with the 2023 attack on Ajnala police station.

The court framed charges against the radical Sikh preacher for attempt to murder, inflicting grievous harm, obstructing public servants from discharging their duties, criminal conspiracy, damaging government property, and issuing death threats while leading an unlawful assembly. Amritpal appeared in court via video conferencing.

Additional sessions judge Parinder Singh dropped charges under the Arms Act and for destruction of evidence after defence counsel Ritu Raj Singh Sandhu argued that no weapons were recovered from the accused.

The case stems from a Febr...