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Chandigarh:
In what might increase troubles for senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Bikram Singh Majithia, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sought a report from the Punjab Police’s Particular Investigation Group (SIT) on the standing of the investigation within the December 2021 medication case, sources mentioned as we speak.
Mr Majithia, a former Punjab minister, was charged within the case in December 2021 and despatched to jail in January 2022. He’s at the moment out on bail since August 2022. The motion in opposition to him was taken on the idea of a 2018 report by the anti-drug particular activity pressure (STF) right into a drug racket in Punjab.
It’s learnt that the probe company ED has taken cognizance of the report of SIT and has sought particulars in regards to the probe standing, FIR, and the statements of witnesses.
The ED has additionally sought particulars of 284 financial institution accounts and earnings tax returns of his household corporations and members. The central company has additionally sought details about numerous land offers in query and the report of a monetary knowledgeable.
Mr Majithia, 48, has lengthy maintained that the instances in opposition to him had been politically motivated, contending high-ranking cops had already investigated them.
Hailing from a politically influential household, the Akali chief gained from the Majithia constituency within the 2007 Punjab meeting elections for the primary time. He then retained the seat in 2012 and 2017.
He misplaced from the Amritsar East meeting constituency after the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) scored an enormous victory in Punjab in 2022.
Mr Majithia, who’s the brother of former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and brother-in-law of Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, has been a minister within the Akali Dal governments between 2007 and 2017.
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