Mohali, June 30 -- Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA from Ajnala, Amarpal Singh Bonny, now a member of the BJP, on Sunday recorded his statement at the vigilance bureau office in Sector 68, Mohali, against senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

The SAD leader was arrested on July 25 from his Amritsar residence under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly laundering over Rs.540 crore of 'drug money'. Currently, he remains in vigilance bureau custody and is scheduled to be produced in court on July 2.

Bonny said he had been vocal against drug trafficking since 2013 during the Akali Dal government. "I had written to then chief minister Parkash Singh Badal in 2015, highlighting the harassment of Akali workers in Ajnala and Maji...