Overview
- A CBI court sent Harcharan Singh Bhullar to 14-day judicial custody after his October 16 arrest over an alleged ₹8 lakh bribe from a scrap dealer.
- Khanna police registered an Excise Act FIR based on a CBI report citing 108 liquor bottles recovered at Bhullar’s Samrala farmhouse, with 17 cartridges seized and Arms Act additions under consideration.
- Searches recovered about ₹7.5 crore in cash, 2.5 kg of gold, 26 luxury watches, firearms, and documents for more than 50 properties from premises linked to the officer.
- The Punjab Home Department suspended the Ropar Range DIG under All India Services rules triggered by detention exceeding 48 hours.
- CBI sources say the agency has sealed bank accounts, directed banks to freeze lockers, arrested an alleged middleman with ₹21 lakh, and begun scrutinising suspected benami holdings and recent foreign trips.