Public prosecutors Ferry Sofat and Preet Inderpal Singh confirmed the event, saying the subsequent listening to can be held on July 19.
A courtroom in Punjab’s Mohali district on Sunday despatched Shiromani Akali Dal chief Bikram Singh Majithia to judicial custody for 2 weeks in a disproportionate belongings (DA) case. Amid tight safety, Majithia was produced earlier than the courtroom and was ordered to be lodged in New Nabha Jail.
Public prosecutors Ferry Sofat and Preet Inderpal Singh confirmed the event, saying the subsequent listening to can be held on July 19.
Ongoing vigilance investigation
Earlier, on July 2, a Mohali courtroom had prolonged Majithia’s vigilance remand by 4 days. “Throughout investigations many issues have come to the fore throughout (Vigilance) remand interval,” Sofat stated. Preet Inderpal added that underneath the legislation, the company may search additional remand primarily based on new findings that emerge through the investigation.
Majithia’s counsel, Arshdeep Singh Kler, claimed the case lacked proof. “The federal government solely desires to suppress the voice of the Akali Dal. The police didn’t have proof within the drug case until at this time and now within the disproportionate belongings case they didn’t discover any asset. They solely created media hype across the case,” Kler alleged.
Particulars of the DA case and arrest
Majithia was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau on June 25 within the DA case, which allegedly entails laundering Rs 540 crore of “drug cash.” The case stems from an investigation being carried out by a Punjab Police particular investigation group into the 2021 drug case.
In 2021, Majithia was booked underneath the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act primarily based on a 2018 report of the anti-drug Particular Process Power.
Petition in Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket
Majithia has moved the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket in opposition to the DA case, calling it “political witch-hunting and vendetta” for being a vocal critic of the present authorities. The following listening to within the Excessive Court docket is scheduled for July 8. In his petition, Majithia sought aid in opposition to what he termed as “unlawful” arrest and remand, claiming the FIR was a results of political harassment.
Majithia had earlier spent greater than 5 months in Patiala jail in reference to the 2021 drug case. He was launched on bail in August 2022 after the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket granted him aid.