Smugglers named in FIR against Bikram Majithia already freed: Akali Dal

Chandigarh, December 22

The Shiromani Akali Dal today said FIR against Bikram Majithia was false and wrong as most of the alleged smugglers mentioned as having links with him were already acquitted.

Addressing a press conference here, SAD spokesman Parambans Singh Romana also accused the Congress government of using the “personal opinion” of a police officer who was related to Majithia and had an axe to grind with him to register an FIR against the latter.

Romana demanded that inquiries done at the instance of the HC subsequent to the report submitted by STF head Harpreet Sidhu be made public.

Sidhu had on earlier occasions denied this allegation. He said Majithia was a distant relative and this had no bearing on his professionalism. Romana also claimed that the trial in the case mentioned in the FIR — the Jagdish Bhola case — had ended in January 2019.

“Even convictions were done in the case with Bhola and one Jagjit Chahal being convicted even as the third accused, Bittu Aulakh, was acquitted,” he said, adding: “Despite this factual position, Sidhu’s report stated that Aulakh was instrumental in making the accused persons meet Majithia.” — TNS

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