Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 8 (ANI): Accusing the Additional Director General of Police (DGP) Prisons of intentional inhumane treatment of SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, former Union Minister Harsimrat Badal on Wednesday alleged that her brother Bikram Mathijia was not safe in the jail and asked Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab for immediate removal of the ADGP.

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 20 (ANI): Days after the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, the state police have formed a new special investigation team (SIT) to probe the charges in the drugs case against former cabinet minister and Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

Chandigarh [India], March 10 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur defeated Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on the Amritsar East Assembly seat in Punjab.

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], February 4 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday took a dig at Punjab Chief Minister after the arrest of his nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey in an illegal sand mining case and said that all Charanjit Singh Channi cares about is "Channi (himself), Honey (nephew), and money".

New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): While observing that the election in Punjab will be held on February 20, the Supreme Court on Monday granted protection from arrest to Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia till February 23 in the drug case.

Chandigarh [India], January 23 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) demanded a CBI probe into alleged illegal mining in chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi's home constituency of Chamkaur Sahib including that on forest land.

Chandigarh Dec 23 PTI Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia who has been booked under the NDPS Act moved a court in Mohali on Thursday for anticipatory bail The bail application was filed by Majithias counsel D S Sobti On Monday Majithia 46 was booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act on the basis of a 2018 status report of probe into drug racket in the state The report was filed by anti-drug special task force STF chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2018 Majithia is the brother-in-law of Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Majithia had earlier denied all charges against him The Punjab police have been looking for Majithia to arrest him in this case A lookout circular which prevents a person from leaving the country had also been issued against the former Punjab minister The Shiromani Akali Dal had called the registration of FIR against Majithia as political vendetta PTI CHS VSD SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday issued a Lookout Circular (LOC) against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Bikram Singh Majithia a day after an FIR was registered against him in a drugs case.

Chandigarh Dec 21 PTI Former Punjab minister and senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia was booked under the NDPS Act triggering allegations of political vendetta from his partyA case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act was registered against him on the basis of a 2018 status report of a probe into the drug racket in the stateThe report was filed by anti-drug special task force STF chief Harpreet Singh Sidhu in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2018Majithia 46 is the brother-in-law of Shiromani Akali Dal SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Majithia had earlier denied all charges against himMeanwhile it is learnt that the police are looking for Majithia to arrest him A special investigation team led by Deputy Inspector General Crime has also been formed in this regard sources said The opposition SAD however dubbed the move as political vendettaThe 49-page FIR was registered by the state crime branch at its Mohali police station under various sections of the NDPS ActThe sections include 25 punishment for allowing ones premises for its use for the commission of an offence 27 A for financing sale purchase production manufacture possession transportation use or consumption import and export or any act pertaining to narcotics and 29 for abetting or plotting an offenceThe FIR noted that the legal opinion of Punjabs advocate general too was taken before registering the sameOn the basis of the status report of the STF along with the opinion of the advocate general a cognizable offence is made out and therefore a case be registered and investigated the FIR notedThe FIR stated that the case shall be investigated by a special investigation team for which orders are being issued separatelyAll related aspects and evidence can be examined thoroughly and investigation completed expeditiously as per facts and law it further readThe STF report pending with the high court was based on confessional statements given by some accused includingJagjit Singh Chahal Jagdish Singh Bhola and Maninder Singh Aulakh of the 2013 multi-crore drug racket case given to the Enforcement Directorate EDIn this case Majithia was also questioned by the ED in December 2014 when he was the minister in the Akali governmentAccording to the findings prima facie there is sufficient evidence on record to further investigate the role of Shri Bikram Singh Majithia as regards the allegations made in the application under scrutiny the FIR stated Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said the state government is committed to taking legal action against drug traffickers and delivering justice to PunjabisToday the first step has been taken to give justice to all of them victims of drug malady in the state by registering an FIR against Bikram Singh Majithia in Crime Branch Mohali on the basis of the report of the STF that was formed on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court he said in a tweetMajithia was elected to the Vidhan Sabha in 2007 2012 and 2017 and has remained minister for water supply and sanitation information and public relations science technology environment revenue NRI affairs and non-conventional energyReacting on the development former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said it will not stand the legal scrutiny as the government had not followed due process of law Talking to reporters in Muktsar SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal said We already knew it He said the Congress government changed three state police chiefs to book and arrest the Badals and MajithiaTake me wherever you want to I am ready Any government which indulges in this vendetta has to face the consequences Badal the five-time Punjab chief minister saidHe said the job of the government is to serve people and not indulge in political vendettaAAP leader Raghav Chadha dubbed the registration of FIR against Majithia as an election stunt of the ruling CongressHe said he had earlier said that a deal had been reached between SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi to arrest Majithia on the basis of a weak casePunjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu welcomed the development claiming in a series of tweets that it was possible due to his over five-year-long fight with the corrupt system run by Badal Family Captain and a delay of four years due to inaction on the ED STF report against MajithiaHe termed the registration of the FIR a slap on the face of all those powerful who slept for years on issues at the heart of Punjabs soul The Punjab Congress chief has been pressing the Charanjit Singh Channi government to act on the big fish involved in the drug racketA few days ago the Channi government was left embarrassed when a letter by Additional Director General of Police S K Asthana to the then state police chief Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota had surfaced on social mediaAsthana had cited some legal hurdles in conducting reinvestigation in drug cases against MajithiaPTI CHS VSD SRY

Chandigarh [India], December 21 (ANI): Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said that a wrong case has been filed against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) general secretary Bikram Singh Majithia.