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Akali Leader Majithia Summoned by SIT in Rs 6,000 Crore Drug Case
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News18•30-09-2026, 13:45
Akali Leader Majithia Summoned by SIT in Rs 6,000 Crore Drug Case
- •A Punjab Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) has summoned senior Akali leader and former minister Bikram Singh Majithia to appear on October 5 in connection with a Rs 6,000 crore drug case.
- •Dismissed Punjab Police cop Jagdish Bhola has also been summoned on the same date, with the SIT potentially questioning both face-to-face.
- •Bhola, arrested in 2013, named Majithia in the drug racket in 2014, a charge Majithia denied.
- •Majithia was booked under the NDPS Act in December 2021 based on a 2018 STF report and confessional statements from accused in the 2013 drug racket.
- •Majithia spent over five months in Patiala jail and was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in August 2022.
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The Punjab Police Special Investigation Team has summoned senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia to appear before it on October 5.
Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act on December 20, 2021, while the Congress government led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was in power.
Majithia spent over five months in Patiala jail and was released in August 2022 after being granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.