Overview
- CBI teams searched locations in Patiala and Ludhiana, seizing Rs 20.5 lakh in cash, digital devices, a CCTV DVR, and more than 50 property documents tied to suspected associates.
- The agency said the premises were linked to people believed to park and invest the officer’s alleged illicit gains in land and business ventures.
- Mohali chief judicial magistrate Megha Dhaliwal dismissed the Punjab Vigilance Bureau’s production application as infructuous after the CBI secured custody.
- In court, the CBI argued the Vigilance Bureau filed a parallel FIR on identical allegations to frustrate its ongoing investigation.
- Bhullar, arrested on October 16 in a Rs 5 lakh bribery case, remains in CBI custody till November 6 after earlier seizures that included Rs 7.36 crore in cash, jewellery worth over Rs 2.32 crore, 26 watches, and documents alleging extensive family-held properties.