Blitz Bureau
SENIOR Akali leader and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia was on June 25 arrested by a team of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau after a raid on his residence in Amritsar in a drugs case.
Majithia has been facing charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act since December 2021, ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab.
A spokesperson for the Punjab Government said that raids on 26 locations, including Majithia’s residence in Amritsar, were conducted jointly by the Vigilance Bureau and the state police in connection with drug trade. “Raids are being conducted in search of drug money,” said an official. Majithia, who has been saying the cases were politically motivated, contending they had already been investigated by high-ranking police officers, is the brother of former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and brother-in-law of SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal.
Responding to raids on Majithia’s residence, Sukhbir Singh Badal on X said, “Shiromani Akali Dal stands steadfast with Bikram Singh Majithia. It is clear that Chief Minister @BhagwantMann &; @AamAadmiParty have been unnerved by the resolute manner in which Majithia has taken on the government and exposed its corrupt and amoral acts.”
