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Former Punjab DGP and Ex-ED Official Bolster ₹540 Crore Majithia Laundering Case

The Vigilance Bureau is integrating decades-old NDPS findings with recent witness statements to strengthen its asset-laundering probe against Majithia

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Former Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyay arrives to join the ongoing investigation against SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, at the Punjab Police Officers Institute in Chandigarh on Friday. (PTI)
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Overview

  • Former DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya told the Vigilance Bureau he has “100 per cent evidence” of Majithia’s drug-trafficking links and shared background from a 2018 STF report on suppressed files dating back to 2012.
  • Ex-ED deputy director Niranjan Singh confirmed Majithia’s name appears in the statements of traffickers Jagdish Bhola and Maninder Singh Bittu Aulakh from his 2014 money-laundering investigation.
  • Former SAD MLA Amarpal Singh Bonny recorded a statement alleging Majithia introduced him to two alleged drug smugglers and detailing his earlier warnings to state leaders in 2015.
  • Majithia, arrested on June 25, remains on a seven-day vigilance remand while the SIT and VB probe over ₹540 crore in unexplained assets including cash deposits, foreign transfers and shell companies.
  • SAD president Sukhbir Badal has challenged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to prove any foreign funding in Saraya Industries and accused the AAP government of pursuing political vendetta.