Overview
- SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal went to DGP Gaurav Yadav’s office in Chandigarh, volunteered to face arrest, and urged police to register any case directly against him.
- Party leaders and workers held a sit-in outside the Punjab Police headquarters as Chandigarh Police deployed personnel around the complex.
- Badal alleged the SIT raided offices of his chartered accountants in Ludhiana and Bathinda, including Ashwani and Associates, seized balance sheets, and pressured employees and families to implicate him.
- The Punjab Police SIT continues to investigate the disappearance of 328 saroops, with an earlier Amritsar FIR naming 16 accused and the arrest of chartered accountant Satinder Singh Kohli, but no FIR against Badal has been confirmed.
- SAD warned it would escalate protests if what it calls harassment persists, framing the clash as political vendetta and citing Bikram Singh Majithia’s recent release on bail as part of the backdrop.