Overview
- High Court records show Harbhajan Singh was officially allotted eight guards but had 23 deployed, with the judge calling 15 “unofficial” at public cost.
- The bench picked Moga district for a headcount of who receives police cover and how many officers are officially or unofficially attached to each person.
- The court directed the ADGP (Security) and the Moga SSP to file affidavits detailing security criteria and current deployments, and it set May 20 for the next hearing.
- Judges reiterated protection for Harbhajan and his family after he alleged his cover was pulled without a fresh threat review soon after he left AAP for the BJP.
- In related cases, the court granted interim shields to BJP MPs Rajinder Gupta and Sandeep Pathak, including 30 days for Gupta’s firm to fix alleged violations and a bar on coercive steps against Pathak, as AAP minister Sanjeev Arora challenged his ED arrest as political targeting.