CHANDIGARH, Aug. 27 — Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday withdrew his petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging his June 25 arrest and subsequent remand in a disproportionate assets case.
As the matter came up before Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya, Majithia’s counsel sought to withdraw the plea, stating that fresh proceedings would be initiated in light of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) having filed a chargesheet before the trial court on August 22.
According to VB officials, the 40,000-page challan includes statements from over 200 witnesses and scrutiny of more than 400 bank accounts linked to Majithia, his relatives, family firms and companies.
Majithia was arrested by the VB on June 25 in connection with alleged laundering of ₹540 crore. He was sent to judicial custody on July 6 by a Mohali court and has remained lodged in jail since.
The withdrawn plea, originally filed on July 1, had challenged his arrest and remand orders, but remained pending in the high court until Tuesday.
The DA case stems from an ongoing probe by a Punjab Police special investigation team into the 2021 drug case. Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in December 2021, based on a 2018 report of the anti-drug special task force.
He spent over five months in Patiala jail before being granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana high court in August 2022.
