Drug case: SIT summons Akali leader Bikram Majithia on Jan 16

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia had last appeared before the SIT on December 30 and was quizzed for nearly four hours.

The special Investigation agency (SIT) of Punjab Police, probing a 2021 drug case, has summoned Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia, on January 16.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia. (ANI File)

Majithia will be quizzed by the newly appointed SIT head Patiala Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who took over the probe after the superannuation of former DIG MS Chhina on December 31. The two new members of SIT are Patiala SSP Varun Sharma and Dhuri DSP Yogesh Sharma. Majithia had last appeared before the SIT on December 30 and was quizzed for nearly four hours.

Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on December 20, 2021, during the tenure of the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government that acted on the probe report of the anti-drug Special Task Force in 2018. The state crime branch registered the case at its Mohali police station.