Overview
- Police say a 50–60-strong group forced entry into Majitha police station on May 30 and removed a detainee before officers regained custody, prompting an FIR that names Bikram Singh Majithia and others.
- Police, which raided Majithia’s Amritsar and Chandigarh residences on Monday, formed special investigation teams and launched coordinated searches but did not arrest Majithia because he was not found at those homes.
- Authorities have reported initiating a lookout process to restrict Majithia’s travel though senior police officials have not fully confirmed the move and his passport is already held by a court in a separate case.
- The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices in petitions challenging the arrests and detention practices, turning the case into an active legal dispute that will shape the probe’s next steps.
- SAD leaders call the action political vendetta while the state says no one is above the law; the episode follows bitter local-body polls in Majitha and revives scrutiny of Majithia’s past legal battles.