Chandigarh, Nov. 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday ordered release of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) IT wing head Nachhatar Singh on interim bail. The order was passed by the bench of justice Rajesh Bhardwaj acting on the plea from Arshdeep Singh Kler, a SAD leader, who had alleged illegal detention by the Punjab police.

He was arrested on November 15 from Ranjit Avenue locality of Amritsar following a November 5 incident, on allegations of allegedly stopping the CIA staff officials forcibly on November 5 from performing their duties and obstructing them in the performance of their official duty. In this regard, FIR No. 261 dated 15.11.2025 under Sections 126/132/221/351(1)/62/304(2)/191(3)/190/61(2) of the BNS was registered ...