Chandigarh, A courtroom in Punjab’s Mohali on Thursday despatched Shiromani Akali Dal chief Bikram Singh Majithia, who was arrested by the Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday for allegedly laundering greater than ₹540 crore of “drug cash”, to a seven-day vigilance remand.
Earlier than producing Majithia earlier than the courtroom amid tight safety preparations, police detained a number of Akali supporters who had been protesting towards the arrest of the previous minister close to the courtroom advanced.
Ferry Sofat, the counsel representing the Bureau, instructed reporters the courtroom has despatched Majithia to seven-day vigilance remand, and he’ll now be produced earlier than the courtroom on July 2.
The Bureau had demanded a 12-day remand of the accused.
Sofat stated it was dropped at the discover of the courtroom that Majithia allegedly “threatened” the vigilance staff when it raided his residence.
The Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday arrested Majithia, alleging that the previous minister facilitated laundering over ₹540 crore of drug cash.
Majithia’s arrest got here after a vigilance staff raided his residence in Amritsar on Wednesday.
The bureau claimed preliminary investigations revealed that greater than ₹540 crore of drug cash was laundered by means of a number of channels allegedly facilitated by Majithia.
Majithia has been booked in a disproportionate property case.
Shiromani Akali Dal spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler on Thursday termed the FIR towards Majithia “bogus”, and stated the previous minister was being focused for elevating folks’s points and being vocal towards the A authorities.
Majithia, the brother-in-law of SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, is already going through a probe in a 2021 medication case.
The recent FIR of disproportionate property stems from the continued investigation by a Particular Investigation Crew into the 2021 drug case.
A vigilance spokesperson stated a probe by the SIT and the bureau revealed “huge laundering of drug cash facilitated by Majithia”.
It included large unaccounted money price ₹161 crore deposited in financial institution accounts of corporations managed by Majithia, channelisation of ₹141 crore by means of suspected international entities, extra deposition of ₹236 crore with out disclosure or clarification in firm monetary statements, and acquisition of movable and immovable property by Majithia with none respectable sources of earnings.
The Bureau registered the case primarily based on a report of the SIT whereby substantial proof has been uncovered indicating “huge laundering of drug cash by Majithia”.
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