The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested Majithia on 25 June in the DA case, which allegedly involves laundering of ₹540 crore of “drug money”. Following his arrest, the court on 26 June remanded him to seven days of vigilance custody.In the fresh case registered against Majithia, the VB claimed preliminary investigations had revealed laundering of over ₹540 crore of “drug money” through multiple channels, allegedly facilitated by him.In 2021, Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The action was based on a 2018 report of the anti-drug Special Task Force. He spent more than five months in Patiala jail and walked out of prison in August 2022 after being granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.Badal, who was whisked away from Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Mohali, accused the AAP-led Punjab government of imposing an “undeclared emergency” in the state by cracking down on SAD workers who, he said, had the right to express solidarity with Majithia.Badal alleged that Arvind Kejriwal “committed heinous sacrilege against sacred Sikh Gurdhams by abusing police to prevent devotees, including Akali workers, from paying obeisance at Gurdwara Amb Sahib, Mohali this morning”.Earlier, Badal courted arrest along with numerous Akali workers to protest what he described as “political vendetta symbolised by the registration of a false case against senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia”.He said, “That case is nothing but a symptom of Kejriwal’s hatred against Punjabis and an attempt to cover up his greed and loot in Punjab.”
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