A Punjab Police Special Investigation Team has called former minister Bikram Singh Majithia for questioning on October 5 in a long-running drugs investigation. NDTV reported the summons on September 30, citing official sources, and said dismissed police officer Jagdish Singh Bhola had been called for the same date.
The notices set a future appearance date; they do not mean the questioning has already taken place. Reports raised the possibility of the two being questioned together, but the accounts reviewed did not contain official confirmation of that arrangement.
Majithia has repeatedly denied involvement in drug trafficking and said the proceedings were politically motivated, The Statesman reported on September 30. The summons is an investigative step, not a finding that the allegations against him have been proved.
The background includes the investigation following Bhola's 2013 arrest and a separate Punjab Police FIR against Majithia in December 2021 under the narcotics law. The High Court granted Majithia bail in that case in August 2022. The present development is the fresh October 5 notice, rather than a new conviction or a completed interrogation.