Chandigarh, May 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed Punjab Police not to unnecessarily harass Leader of Opposition and Congress MLA Partap Singh Bajwa during the investigation of an FIR registered against him over his controversial "50 bombs have reached the state" remark.

The direction was issued by justice Tribhuvan Dahiya after Bajwa's counsel, senior advocate APS Deol, told the court that the police were demanding irrelevant details, including information on phones and SIM cards used over the past two years. Deol argued that such data was unrelated to the ongoing investigation.

The state, however, maintained that the information was essential to the case.

The court posted the matter for further hearing on May 22 an...