Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejects SAD Leader Majithia's Bail Plea In Disproportionate Assets Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the Bail plea of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in a disproportionate assets (DA) case.

Majithia was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau on June 25 in the case allegedly involving the laundering of Rs. 540 crores of "drug money".

Earlier, a Mohali Court rejected the bail plea of Majithia, who is currently lodged in New Nabha jail in Patiala. Majithia has called the case against him "political witch-hunting and vendetta" for being a critic of the (Aam Aadmi Party) AAP-led Punjab Government.

Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Ferry Sofat said that keeping in view the seriousness of the matter, the Court of justice, Tribhuvan Dahiya, rejected the bail plea of Majithia.

Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) in the year 2021. The action was taken on a 2018 report of the Anti-Drug Special Task Force. In the FIR registered against Majithia, the Vigilance Bureau (VB) claimed that preliminary investigation revealed that over Rs. 540 crores of "drug money" had been laundered through several ways, and it was facilitated by Majithia.

Following the FIR, the VB filed a 40,000-page chargesheet in the DA case.

With PTI Inputs