Overview
- Special CBI court granted five days' remand for Harcharan Singh Bhullar and four days for co-accused Krishanu Sharda in the disproportionate assets investigation.
- The court called the Punjab Vigilance Bureau’s DA FIR “cryptic,” questioned its registration within 30 minutes of a tip-off, and noted a missing page in the document.
- Rejecting the defence challenge to dual FIRs, the court held the CBI has jurisdiction as the DA case flows from the earlier bribery trap and requires further custodial interrogation.
- The CBI told the court it seized about ₹7.36 crore in cash, jewellery worth about ₹2.32 crore, 26 luxury watches, high-end vehicles, and later recovered ₹20.5 lakh and digital devices in November 4 searches now under examination.
- Investigators cited alleged acquisitions of roughly 150 acres and multiple properties against declared income of about ₹45.95 lakh, and said Sharda and his wife amassed assets of around ₹1.2 crore in two years as suspected proceeds of corruption.