Amritsar, June 25 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday took into custody Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Bikram Singh Majithia after conducting searches at his house in Amritsar.

DCP (Investigation) Amritsar RPS Sandhu, said, "This (raid) is by Vigilance Department." Asked if anyone had been arrested in the raid at Majithia's house in the city's Green Avenue road, the police official said, "Yes, they have been taken away."

Reacting to the development, Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said no person in the state is "above the law" noting that action will be taken against those who will be involved in activities related to drugs and its business. Cheema said that previous state governments had pushed the youth of Punjab towards drugs. ...