
Bikram Majithia Arrested In Punjab Vigilance Raid, Accused Of Laundering Rs 540 Cr Drug Money
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The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Wednesday arrested Majithia under Prevention of Corruption Act after raiding his residence in Amritsar on Wednesday morning.
A detailed seven-page first information report (FIR), registered in VB (flying squad) police station, Mohali, by AIG Swarandeep Singh is based on the SIT’s investigation and outlines an extensive money trail linking shell companies, suspicious foreign transactions and unexplained asset accumulation.
The FIR was registered against Majithia under Section 13(1)(b), read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which deals with criminal misconduct by a public servant.
“ No matter how politically strong or influential one may be, I will not have mercy in the matter of drugs. I am accountable to Punjabis and I am indebted to them,
Bhagwant Mann,
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