Bikram Majithia arrest: 29 phones, 4 laptops, 2 iPads, 8 diaries seized during raid

Punjab vigilance officers, led by AIG Swarandeep Singh PPS, raided the residence of Bikram Singh Majithia in Amritsar on Wednesday, seizing 29 mobile phones, 4 laptops, 2 iPads, 8 diaries, and several documents.

Swarandeep, recently reinstated after suspension, is part of the Flying Squad, Vigilance Mohali. The Punjab Vigilance Bureau also conducted raids at 24 other locations in the state.

The SAD chief, his wife and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, and many senior Akali leaders lashed out at the AAP government over the raid at Majithia's residence.

As news about the raid at Majithia's emerged on social media, Akali leaders and supporters headed towards his residence and shouted slogans against the Bhagwant Mann government.

A heavy force was deployed on a road leading to Majithia's residence, with police not allowing anyone to pass the barricades. Majithia's wife, Ganieve Kaur, claimed a team of 30 officials forced their way into her house.

“What is happening? I want to know what is going on. How did you barge into my house without my knowledge?” she asked the officials. Bikram Majithia also alleged that the vigilance officials "barged into" the house, "terrorising" his children.

In a video posted on X by Majithia, the former minister could be heard arguing with a vigilance official, expressing his dismay over the manner in which they entered his house. Majithia lashed out at the Bhagwant Mann government, alleging that the AAP was resorting to such tactics to suppress the voice of opposition leaders.

In March of this year, the SIT claimed that it had discovered "suspicious financial transactions" in firms linked to Majithia and his family. The SIT probing the drug case against Majithia had expanded its investigation to scrutinize financial transactions abroad, it had then said. Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on December 20, 2021, when the then chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government was in power.