Chandigarh, April 30 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday sought a response from Punjab on a fresh plea from the leader of Opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa, who has challenged Punjab Police notice seeking the password of his mobile phone in connection with the probe into FIR registered against him over his "50 bombs have reached the state" remarks.

According to Bajwa's counsel, APS Deol, the police asked the Congress leader to submit his phone on April 25, which he complied. "Now, police are asking that either phone be given in an unlock state or passwords etc. be provided, which is against the right to privacy," Deol said, adding that this notice has been challenged and acting on the plea, the court has sought r...