Overview
- Police arrested former SGPC internal auditor Satinder Singh Kohli in Chandigarh and placed him in Amritsar police custody in the case of the missing 328 saroops.
- The Special Investigation Team has requested case records from the SGPC, which says the documents are with the Akal Takht secretariat and has forwarded the requests there.
- SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami criticized the state’s involvement, calling it interference in gurdwara administration and urging the government to avoid confrontation.
- An FIR filed on December 7 names 16 accused under IPC sections including 295, 295-A, 409, 465 and 120-B, following complaints about losses first exposed in 2020.
- Courts earlier rejected anticipatory bail for some accused, and additional bail petitions are listed for January 9, while AAP leaders press the SGPC to cooperate with the SIT citing High Court directions.