Two member panel report on STF probe on allegations against Majithia submitted

The Amarinder Singh government today submitted before the Punjab and Haryana High court the report of a two-member committee formed to examine the report prepared by the police's special task force on the alleged role of senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a drug racket case.

The division bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Shekhar Dhawan also took the two reports of the Special Investigation Team led by Punjab Director General of Police (Human Resource Development) Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on record.

Chattopadhayaya on May 8 had submitted two reports - one pertaining to the investigation into the role of SSP Moga and a dismissed police inspector in a drug trafficking case and the second report was about his "senior officers" in Punjab Police.

"Punjab Advocate General today submitted in a sealed cover a report of the two member committee comprising Additional Chief Secretary (Home) N S Kalsi and DGP Suresh Arora which was to examine the report of STF chief Harpreet Sidhu on the role of Bikram Majithia in drug racket case," said senior advocate Anupam Gupta here today.

STF Chief H S Sidhu had submitted his report in a sealed cover to the high court on February 1.

Talking to reporters, Punjab AG Atul Nanda said, "as per the court's orders, we had to give our opinion on the STF report for which the CM had appointed a committee of the Home secretary and DGP and that report has been submitted in a sealed cover to the court."