Overview
- Governor Gulab Chand Kataria granted prosecution sanction on November 1, nearly two months after the Punjab cabinet approved the move on September 8.
- The order was issued under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act following legal advice from the advocate general’s office.
- The bureau earlier filed a chargesheet exceeding 40,000 pages in Mohali, and the sanction lets prosecutors move to have charges framed.
- Investigators allege assets exceeding ₹700 crore, built through laundering of about ₹540 crore linked to a 2013 drug network.
- Majithia was arrested on June 25 after raids and remains lodged at New Nabha Jail, while he contests the case as politically motivated and pretrial proceedings continue.