Overview
- Punjab Police arrested former SGPC staffer Kanwaljit Singh from his Amritsar residence, naming him a key accused in the probe into 328 missing saroops.
- An SIT spokesperson said Saturday’s searches at 14 locations yielded seven phones, three tablets, two laptops, a storage device, and financial records for forensic review.
- Raids covered two sites in Chandigarh, eight in Amritsar, and one each in Gurdaspur, Rupnagar, Tarn Taran, and Amritsar Rural.
- The first arrest was made on January 1 when police took into custody chartered accountant Satinder Singh Kohli, a former SGPC internal auditor now in six-day remand.
- An FIR registered on December 7 in Amritsar names 16 accused under IPC sections 295, 295-A, 409, 465, and 120-B, as the SIT continues searches for others while the SGPC leadership alleges government overreach.