Drugs case: SAD leader Bikram Majithia's judicial custody extended till May 4
Chandigarh, April 19: The Mohali court, Punjab, on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia's till May 4 in a drugs case.
The SAD leader is currently lodged in the Patiala jail. On the directions of the Supreme Court, Bikram Singh Majithia had surrendered in the court on February 24 after the completion of the election process in Punjab.
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On March 20, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had ordered the reconstitution of the SIT probing the drug case against the SAD leader. IGP, Crime Branch, Gursharan Singh Sandhu will supervise the four-member team headed by AIG Dr Rahul S. The other team members are AIG Ranjit Singh and DSPs Raghbir Singh and Amanpreet Singh.
The previous SIT was a three-member team headed by AIG Balraj Singh. The SIT was formed to investigate allegations against Majithia based on an FIR lodged under various sections of the NDPS Act on December 20, 2021.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court had earlier posted a plea filed by Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia seeking the quashing of drugs cases registered against him by the Punjab Police for hearing on April 21.
The apex court on January 31 had granted protection to Majithia from arrest till February 23 in view of the February 20 assembly polls to contest as a SAD candidate from the Amritsar East assembly constituency. He had surrendered after the expiry of the protection period.
Majithia, a former Punjab minister, had alleged that the cases were politically motivated, contending they had already been investigated by high-ranking police officers.
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However, on March 20, in his first orders to the Punjab Police after assuming charge, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann reconstituted the four members Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the drug case against Majithia.
-PTC News
