AMRITSAR, Feb. 1 -- The local court here on Saturday rejected the bail plea of chartered accountant (CA) Satinder Singh Kohli, former internal auditor of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), who is said to be close to SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal, in the case of missing 328 sacred saroops of Guru Granth Sahib.

Kohli, who is in judicial custody currently, submitted a plea for regular plea citing that he was falsely implicated in the case.

After being arrested on January 1 in Chandigarh, Kohli remained in the police custody for 12 days. His arrest marked the first major custodial action since the registration of an FIR in the long-pending matter, which has strong religious, legal and political implications in Punjab. S...