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Majithia Skips Punjab SIT Summons in Drug Case
A Punjab Police team is investigating a drug case.
It asked politician Bikram Singh Majithia to come in on October 5, but he did not appear.
His lawyer said the summons went against instructions from the Supreme Court.
The lawyer also said Majithia was called as a witness, not as a person accused of a crime.
The team also called Jagdish Bhola, who was arrested in 2013 in connection with an alleged drug racket.
Majithia was booked in the case in 2021.
He spent more than five months in jail before a court granted him bail in 2022.
The Shiromani Akali Dal said the state government was using the summons to distract people from its failures.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia did not appear before the Punjab Police Special Investigation Team on October 5.
His counsel, Arshdeep Singh Kler, said the summons violated Supreme Court directions to complete the investigation by March 18, 2025.
Kler said Majithia had been called as a witness, not as an accused.
The SIT also summoned dismissed Punjab Police DSP Jagdish Bhola, who was arrested in 2013 in connection with an alleged drug racket.
Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in December 2021 and received bail in August 2022.
- Who
- Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, his counsel Arshdeep Singh Kler, and the Punjab Police SIT.
- What
- Majithia skipped a summons in a drug case; his counsel alleged the summons violated Supreme Court directions.
- Where
- Patiala, Punjab.
- When
- The summons was for October 5. The article also cites Supreme Court directions issued on March 4, 2025, with a probe deadline of March 18, 2025.
- Why
- The SIT summoned Majithia as part of its investigation into a drug case; his counsel said he had been summoned as a witness.
Key facts
- Summons date
- October 5
- Counsel
- Arshdeep Singh Kler
- Supreme Court deadline cited
- March 18, 2025
- Date Majithia was booked
- December 20, 2021
- Law cited
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
- Bail
- Granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in August 2022
- Other person summoned
- Dismissed Punjab Police DSP Jagdish Bhola
Quotes
Arshdeep Singh Kler
Counsel for Bikram Singh Majithia
“The fresh summons issued to Majithia is a complete violation of the Supreme Court order.”
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