Alleged drug racket kingpin Jagdish Singh Bhola today named a Punjab�minister of being involved in the racket, as Congress�trained its guns on the minister and demanded a CBI�probe.�
Bhola, a dismissed DSP of Punjab police, told mediapersons outside a court�in Mohali that Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was involved in the case, but police had hushed up the matter.�
Although he had named Majithia during interrogations, Punjab police refused to include his name due to the Minister’s relations with the Badal family, he said.�
Majithia, who is the brother-in-law�of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, denied the charge.�
“Let me look into the allegtions. Only then I will comment,” he said.�
Congress hit out at ruling SAD and demanded Majithia’s arrest and a CBI probe into the case.�
“MPs and MLAs of ruling SAD are involved in drug trade… Earlier the name of sitting MP Rattan Singh Ajnala too had cropped up, but Chief Minister Parkash Badal�gave him a clean chit immediately,” Punjab Congress Chief Partap Singh Bajwa said.�
Slamming the Punjab police, party spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira called it “a private army of the Badal-Majithia clan”.�
“Incompetence of the Punjab police to arrest the minister for involvement in drug trade, has vindicated allegations by Congress, that Punjab police stands politicised and is working as a private army of Badal-Majithia clan,” he said.�
Warning the state against “shielding the relative minister”, he said Congress would approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Bhola, a dismissed DSP of Punjab police, told mediapersons outside a court�in Mohali that Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was involved in the case, but police had hushed up the matter.�
Although he had named Majithia during interrogations, Punjab police refused to include his name due to the Minister’s relations with the Badal family, he said.�
Majithia, who is the brother-in-law�of Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, denied the charge.�
“Let me look into the allegtions. Only then I will comment,” he said.�
Congress hit out at ruling SAD and demanded Majithia’s arrest and a CBI probe into the case.�
“MPs and MLAs of ruling SAD are involved in drug trade… Earlier the name of sitting MP Rattan Singh Ajnala too had cropped up, but Chief Minister Parkash Badal�gave him a clean chit immediately,” Punjab Congress Chief Partap Singh Bajwa said.�Slamming the Punjab police, party spokesman Sukhpal Singh Khaira called it “a private army of the Badal-Majithia clan”.�
“Incompetence of the Punjab police to arrest the minister for involvement in drug trade, has vindicated allegations by Congress, that Punjab police stands politicised and is working as a private army of Badal-Majithia clan,” he said.�
Warning the state against “shielding the relative minister”, he said Congress would approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
