Suspended Punjab DIG Bhullar’s judicial custody further extended by 14 days

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Chandigarh on Friday further extended the judicial custody of suspended Punjab Police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar by 14 days.

Bhullar was produced before the court through video conferencing from Burail jail after his 14-days judicial custody ended today. Since the CBI has not demanded remand of Bhullar, the court sent him to further judicial custody till November 14, 2025.

The CBI had arrested middleman Krishanu Sharda and Bhullar on October 16, 2025.

According to the FIR, Bhullar had was allegedly seeking recurring monthly illegal payments from the complainant through Sharda. The accused were arrested on the complaint of a scrap dealer from Mandi Gobindgarh, Naresh Batta.

The complainant alleged that Bhullar demanded a bribe of Rs 8 lakh through Sharda—who was also arrested—to settle a 2023 FIR lodged at the Sirhind police station and to ensure that no further coercive action was taken against him. Sharda was allegedly caught red-handed in Sector 21, Chandigarh, while accepting a part of the bribe of Rs 5 lakh, purportedly on behalf of DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar.

Earlier, the court had granted the CBI nine days’ remand of Sharda. The agency had sought his custody to trace the flow of the bribe money, identify possible beneficiaries, recover digital and documentary evidence, analyse digital data extracted from his devices, and identify any other public servants or private individuals allegedly involved in similar transactions.

Further investigation is underway.