Patiala, Jan. 11 -- Punjab Police have sounded a security alert following intelligence inputs indicating a potential threat to Bikram Singh Majithia, a senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader who is currently lodged in Nabha jail over disproportionate assets (DA), officials privy with the matter said on Saturday.'

According to an internal communication issued by the Counter Intelligence wing of Punjab Police, a central agency is learned to have warned that Pakistan-based banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) may be planning to target Majithia.

The advisory has already been circulated to senior police officers, including those heading security, intelligence and prisons, with directions to take all necessary preventive an...