ED ex-officer Niranjan Singh, known Bikram Majithia baiter, joins probe in drugs case
Niranjan Singh reportedly come to share information in the case with the VB officials
Former ED official Niranjan Singh addresses mediapersons at the Vigilance Bureau office in Mohali on Friday. Tribune photo: Vicky
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After former Punjab DGP Sarath Chattopadhya visited the Vigilance Bureau head office to share information on the Bikram Majithia case on Friday afternoon, retired Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate, Niranjan Singh, also reached there.
He has reportedly come to share information in the case with the VB officials.
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While entering, he did not talk to the media.
Niranjan Singh, who led the ED probe against Majithia in the past, had stated that there was enormous pressure on him from his seniors to go slow in the case.
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Majithia is in seven-day custody at the Vigilance Bureau office in the Prevention of Corruption Act case after he was arrested from his home in Amritsar on Wednesday.
Apart from amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income while being a minister in 2009, he has been accused of laundering Rs 540 crore of drug money.
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