Majithia sent to judicial custody for two weeks

A Mohali tribunal sent SAD person Bikram Singh Majithia to 14-day judicial custody successful a lawsuit nether the Prevention of Corruption Act aft his four-day remand ended connected Sunday.

Majithia has been sent to the caller Nabha jail. He volition beryllium produced successful the tribunal again connected July 19. The Vigilance Bureau arrested Majithia from his Amritsar location connected June 25 and brought him to Mohali the adjacent day. The tribunal archetypal sent him to seven-day VB remand connected June 26 and further extended that by 4 days connected July 2.

Majithia was taken to Gorakhpur (UP) and Delhi implicit the past 4 days to stitchery grounds related to Saraya Industries.

Briefing mediapersons aft the tribunal hearing, nationalist prosecutors Ferry Sofat and Preet Inderpal Singh said, “During investigation, galore things person travel retired during remand period.” Preet Inderpal Singh said nether the provisions of the law, if an probe bureau feels that remand was required again based connected caller facts during the probe, an exertion could beryllium moved earlier the court.

Defence counsel Arshdeep Singh Kler claimed the investigating bureau has thing to backmost the case. “The authorities lone wants to suppress the dependable of the Shiromani Akali Dal. The constabulary did not person impervious successful cause case. And present successful the disproportionate assets case, they could nutrient nothing. Only media hype is being created astir the case,” Kler alleged.

Majithia, 49, moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the assets lawsuit connected July 1, calling it “political witch-hunting and vendetta” arsenic helium is vocal against the policies of AAP government. The adjacent proceeding successful the lawsuit volition beryllium held connected July 8.

Despite it being Sunday, dense constabulary beingness ensured choky information connected the courts analyzable since morning. Police detained respective SAD leaders and workers successful assorted parts of the authorities to forestall them from heading towards Mohali.