Mohali, April 20 -- A local court on Saturday adjourned the hearing pertaining to a plea seeking search warrants filed by the Punjab Police's new special investigation team (SIT) probing the drug trafficking case filed against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia to May 3.

The court earlier on April 5 had deferred the hearing to April 19. On April 2, the new SIT sought issuance of the search warrants from the court following which the counsel for the former Punjab revenue minister also filed a plea seeking a copy of the SIT's application and details pertaining to the locations where it wants to initiate the search.

The new SIT was formed on March 31 last month, after four SITs in three years failed to pin any blame on ...